Illustrated C# 2012

C H A P T E R  2

Overview of C# Programming

• A Simple C# Program
• Identifiers
• Keywords
• Main: The Starting Point of a Program
• Whitespace
• Statements
• Text Output from a Program
• Comments: Annotating the Code

A Simple C# Program

This chapter lays the groundwork for studying C#. Since I’ll use code samples extensively throughout the text, I first need to show you what a C# program looks like and what its various parts mean.

I’ll start by demonstrating a simple program and explaining its components one by one. This will introduce a range of topics, from the structure of a C# program to the method of producing program output to the screen.

With these source code preliminaries out of the way, I can then use code samples freely throughout the rest ...