C# Basics Course by Mike - Draft Academy

Introduction

• Instructor: Mike
• Course Focus: Teaching C# basics
• Programming Language: C#
• Uses: Millions of applications, extremely powerful

Course Structure

1. Installation and Setup
   • Install C#
   • Install Visual Studio (text editor)
   • Write first program
2. Programming Basics
   • Core concepts: variables, data types, user input
3. Advanced Topics
   • Loops, if statements, data structures
4. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
   • Classes, objects, inheritance

Installation and Setup

Visual Studio Community Installation

• Site: visualstudio.com/vs/community
• Options: Windows download, Mac download
• Components: Select .NET desktop development (~3GB)
• Launch: Setup Visual Studio preferences

First Program

• File: program.cs with .cs extension
• Basic Code Structure:

  using System;
  namespace ProjectName {
      class Program {
          static void Main(string[] args) {
              // code here
          }
      }
  }
  

• Instructions:
  • `Console.WriteLine(