Chapter 3. Getting Started with .NET Development Using C#

Time to set yourself up for a successful journey through the world of .NET development using C#. An obvious first thing to tackle is to install the .NET Framework and the necessary tools so that we can start running and writing code. One tool we’ll pay a fair amount of attention to is Visual Studio 2010, but we cover other useful tools, too.

To get our hands dirty, we’ll write a simple C# application and highlight some of the important language elements, go through the process of building it using various tools, and look at how we ...

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