Summary
In this chapter, we installed the .NET Framework 4 and went through the motions of building our first trivial but illustrative C# console application. While doing so, we focused on the development process of writing and compiling code, and then we took a look at how to inspect it using .NET Reflector. Because it’s unrealistic today to build software without decent tooling support, we explored various aspects of the Visual Studio 2010 family. We covered integrated source exploration, build and debugging support, and took a peek at the various project types and associated tools available.
In the next chapter, we leave the realm of extensive tooling for a while and learn about the core fundamentals of the C# language.
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