From Java to C#: A Developer's Guide

5.1. Basic class structure

Please attempt to write, compile, and execute HelloWorld.cs in the previous chapter ^[1] if you haven't already done so.

^[1] See Chapter 4: Hello C#! on page 34.

Let's review HelloWorld.cs. Notice that it is structurally very similar to a Java class:

1: // HelloWorld.cs
2: public class TestClass{
3:   public static void Main (){
4:     System.Console.WriteLine("Hello C#! Here I come!");
5:   }
6: }

Like Java

• The Main method, and all other methods, must be inside a class ^[2] (or a struct – the struct will be explained in Chapter 26).

  ^[2] In C/C++, the Main method is defined outside a class as a global method. Like Java, and unlike C/C++, C# does not support global methods or variables. Declarations of methods/variables must always ...