csharplang/Communities.md

**Disclaimer**: This document is maintained by the C# community and not the responsibility of the C# Language Design Team (LDT). Please do not contact the LDT for any errors in this document; however, PRs are welcome. 

**Channels:**

- [Gitter](https://gitter.im/dotnet/csharplang) - Any discussion related to the C# language but mostly design discussions.

    [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/dotnet/csharplang](https://badges.gitter.im/dotnet/csharplang.svg)](https://gitter.im/dotnet/csharplang?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)

- [Dotnet Discord](https://aka.ms/dotnet-discord-csharp) - github.com/dotnet discord for discussing dotnet repositories (including csharplang).

    [![Chat on Discord](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/143867839282020352/widget.png)](https://aka.ms/dotnet-discord-csharp)

- [C# Discord](https://aka.ms/csharp-discord) - General C# discussion not limited to the dotnet repositories.

    [![Chat on Discord](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/102860784329052160/widget.png)](https://aka.ms/csharp-discord)

- IRC - Any discussion related to the C# language up to the application level.

    [![Join the chat at https://www.irccloud.com/invite?channel=%23%23csharp&hostname=irc.freenode.net&port=6697&ssl=1](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-%23%23csharp-1e72ff.svg?style=flat)](https://www.irccloud.com/invite?channel=%23%23csharp&hostname=irc.freenode.net&port=6697&ssl=1) 

    Servers: irc.freenode.net, chat.freenode.net
    
    Channel: ##csharp

    [![Join the chat at https://www.irccloud.com/invite?channel=%23c%23&hostname=irc.quakenet.org&port=6697&ssl=1](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-%23c%23-1e72ff.svg?style=flat)](https://www.irccloud.com/invite?channel=%23c%23&hostname=irc.quakenet.org&port=6697&ssl=1) 

    Servers: irc.quakenet.org
    
    Channel: #c#

    Recommended IRC Clients: HexChat, mIRC.

**Forums:**

- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com)

    Please read [this](https://stackoverflow.com/help/dont-ask) before posting.

- [MSDN Forum](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=csharpgeneral)

    Please read [this](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/df14dc5f-982b-4676-b767-6123c8a90495/where-is-the-correct-place-to-make-posts-regarding-aspnet-sql-or-another-topic-that-is-not-related?forum=csharpgeneral) before posting.

- [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/)

    Please read [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/3xn6sm/welcome_to_rcsharp_read_this_post_before) before posting.