Overview
Now that you understand a little more about
what C# can do, you will want to learn how to use it. This chapter
on the basics of C# gives you a good start in that direction by
providing you with a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of C#
programming, which we build on in subsequent chapters. The main
topics we cover are:
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Declaring variables
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Initialization and scope of variables
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Predefined C# data types
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Dictating the flow of execution within a C#
program using loops and conditional statements
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Enumerations
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Namespaces
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The Main()
method
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Basic command-line C# compiler options
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Using System.Console to perform console I/O
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Using documentation features in C# and Visual
Studio .NET
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C# identifiers and keywords
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Recommended guidelines and conventions for
good programming in C#
By the end of this chapter, you will know
enough C# to write simple programs, though without using
inheritance or other object-oriented features, which are covered in
the following chapters.