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Overview

C# is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. It was developed around 2000 by Microsoft within its .NET initiative and later approved as a standard by Ecma (ECMA-334) and ISO (ISO/IEC 23270:2006). C# is one of the programming languages designed for the Common Language Infrastructure.^[1]

C# is one of the most popular current programming languages^[2], is the primary language for Windows application development and is often used in computer science and gaming courses.

Example

Input: Hello World

 // This program displays "Hello world!"
 //
 // References:
 // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/inside-a-program/hello-world-your-first-program
 
 public class Hello
 {
     public static void Main()
     {
         System.Console.WriteLine("Hello world!");
     }
 }

Output

Hello world!

Discussion

Each code element represents:Programming Fundamentals/Hello World

// begins a comment
public class Hello begins the Hello World program
{ begins a block of code
public static void Main() begins the main function
System.Console.WriteLine() calls the standard output write line function
"Hello world!" is the literal string to be displayed
; ends each line of C# code
} ends a block of code

C# IDEs

There are many free cloud-based and local IDEs available to begin coding in C#. Check with your instructor or do your own research for recommendations.