1.1 Objective
This tutorial will guide you how to create your first C# program, build and run it. If you are newbie to C# programming language, this tutorial is very important.
1.2 Let’s go
Creating first C# Program
Creating C# Program requires you to install .net framework. Currently the newest version of .net framework is 4.5. After you have installed .net framework, you must choose an editor to write C# program. The most famous editor is integrated in Microsoft Visual Studio. Others include Sharp Develop, CodeWright, Poorman IDE, EditPlus, JEdit
In this tutorial, I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (.net framework 4.0) to create a C# program. Follow these steps as bellow:
In New Project windows, select type of language is C# and type of program is Console Application, then insert information of the program:
Click OK button to complete creating C# program. Visual Studio will create a solution with a program inside.
Edit the code in Program.cs file as bellow:
#region "importing libraries area" using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; #endregion #region "program" namespace MyFirstProgram //this is namespace of our program { class Program //this is name of our class { static void Main(string[] args) //this is function' name. Main function is the starting point of the program { //You can write you code here Console.WriteLine("This is my first C# program!"); Console.ReadKey(); } } } #endregion
Explanation
Running the program
Click "Run" icon in menu bar or press F5 button to run the program. Bellow is the output of the program above:
Summary
In this lesson, we show you some points: