Beginning C# 3.0

1.3. A Test Program Using C# Express

While things may appear to have been installed properly, you can't be certain until you actually write a program and try to run it. That's the purpose of this section of the chapter. The program is about as simple as we can make a program while remaining confident that the installation was successful.

After you double-click the C# Express icon on your desktop, you should see a C# Express startup screen similar to the one shown in Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4. Figure 1-4

1.3.1. Creating a Project

Move the cursor to the upper left-hand side of the screen and select the File menu option from the main program menu bar. Your screen should look like what is shown in Figure 1-5.

Select New Project from the menu. Your program screen changes as shown in Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-5. Figure 1-5

Figure 1-6. Figure 1-6

In Figure 1-6 you are given a number of predefined project templates from which to choose. These templates define the types of programs that you can develop with C#. When you select one of the templates, Visual Studio creates that type of project for you as well as writing some stub code for you.

Stub codes are predefined pieces of code that Visual ...