C# Basics Lecture

Introduction

• Instructor: Mike from Draft Academy
• Course Overview: Comprehensive introduction to C# programming
• Applications: Widely used in various software applications

Course Outline

1. Setup
   • Installing C#
   • Installing Visual Studio
2. Core Programming Concepts
   • Variables and Data types
   • Getting user input
3. Advanced Topics
   • Loops, if statements, data structures
4. Object-Oriented Programming
   • Classes and Objects
   • Inheritance
   • More advanced concepts

Setup

Installing Visual Studio

• Website: visualstudio.com/vs/community
• Options to download for Windows or Mac
• Install .NET Desktop Development

Running Visual Studio

1. Sign-in: Optional
2. Pick Starting Options: Recommended general and blue theme
3. Creating a New Project:
   • File --> New Project
   • Select Console App for C#
   • Naming and storing the project
4. First Look at Visual Studio
   • Solution Explorer: project structure
   • program.cs: main program file

First Program

Understanding the Program Structure

• using system; and other directives: importing namespaces
• namespace, class Program, and static void Main: the structure and entry point of the program
• Main Method: The primary method executed when program runs
• Console.WriteLine: Printing to console; Console.ReadLine: Keeping console open until input

Writing First Program

• `Console.WriteLine(