# Apache.NMS: The .NET Messaging Service Client API | |
For more information see http://activemq.apache.org/nms | |
### Building | |
Visual Studio 2017 or above is required to build Apache.NMS. To build, launch Visual Studio with the nms.sln file and build the solution. | |
### Testing | |
Tests use the NUnit Framework. | |
### Documentation | |
NMS documentation is generated automatically using [DocFX](https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/) after build. Documentation files are available under folder: | |
`<root_directory>\docs\_site` |