CHAPTER 1
Hello World
Choosing an IDE
To begin coding in C# you need an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports the Microsoft .NET Framework. The most popular choice is Microsoft’s own Visual Studio.1 This IDE is also available for free as a light version called Visual Studio Express, which can be downloaded from Microsoft’s website.2
The C# language has undergone a number of updates since the initial release of C# 1.0 in 2002. At the time of writing, C# 5.0 is the current version which was released in 2012. Each version of the language corresponds to a version of Visual Studio, so in order to use the features of C# 5.0 you need ...
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