first application in csharp

In csharp , everything is a class
This follows the java analogy where everything is a class too.
This disallows the concept of using functions without a class
IN simple terms , u want a function put it in a class :)

The starting point in any csharp application is the function Main( Note that it is
Main and not main as found in Java and C++).

This being a function is neverthless contained within a class.
Also in C# , u create projects.
The essence of creating it as a project is to facilate enterprise level developement
from scratch
and to overcome the problem posed by the make file utility

now lets get started



namespace first{ //compulsory

class classone {// remember everything is a class

public static void Main(String args[]){//captial M in main

Console.WriteLine("welcome to programming in c#");
Console.ReadLine(); //analogus to getch() in c , pause for enter before the o/p window is closed
}
}

Now

1) namespace : this is to avoid variable naming collison
analogous to package and can be imported.

2)args-----> here csharp follows the syntax of java
unlike c,c++ which have two feilds argc and argv
there is only one argv
and note that argv[0] contains the first argument and not the
program name as in c and c++
this is similar to the java enviornment.

3) Note the definition of a new data type String
Once again Java has been copied here

4) Console.Readline and Console.WriteLine :
These are used to read from and write to the console.
Strange that they are contained in the namespace System.

One thing about Console.ReadLine ,
this differs from your scanf and cin , in the sense that it does not take
any arguments.
it rather returns a string
so we ought to parse it
for ex:
double a ;
a = double.parse(Console.ReadLine());

This is analogous to Java and vb

C# lesson1

Dot net is the microsofts new buzz word.
One of the advantage of using this platform is that it ensures cross language and cross platform
Compliance.
This is possible due to the use of a Common Language Runtime , which ensures that at Runtime
no matter what the language it has been coded in , the written code is compiled to the native code.
This is analagous to java , with the term byte code being replaced by the bombastic Common Language Runtime.

One of the Languages supported by Dotnet is C#.
I begin my tutorials , directly getting to the main aspects of C#.