C# Hello World program example for beginners
In every programming languages, we start programming from the base. A beginner should have complete knowledge of basics. In this c sharp tutorial, we are going to create a "Hello World" program example". There is no shortcut to learn C# programming or other programming languages. You have to focus on all the basics and small terms. Every programming has a different structure to write a program. You should understand this concept and compare with another programming language to become a developer.
First of all, understand the steps to create a "Hello World" program in C# programming.
Steps to create, compile and execute a C# Program-
To compile and execute C# programming, you have to install Visual Studio.Net on your system. If you are already installed Visual Studio.Net then follow the steps -
1. Open your Visual Studio.Net software. You can say .NET framework. The framework reduces programmer efforts.
2. Start visual studio and choose a file->new. It's basic steps, you need to follow any project development.
3. Now Choose Visual C# from templates, and then choose Windows.
4. Here, you have to choose the console Application. All basics examples run on the console application. The console application looks like a black screen programming console where you can create any c# program and compile, execute like c programming.
5. Write your project name. You can specify any name for the console application program.
6. Now you can create a program.
7. If you want to run, click on the Run button. The shortcut key for executing is F5.
Let's create a Hello World program in C# and execute.
using System;
namespace HelloWorldApplication {
class HelloWorld {
static void Main(string[] args) {
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
After code compiled and executed, you will get an output like this -
Hello World
Let's understand this example in deep.
1. using system - In this line, using is a keyword and system is a namespace. The program can contain a lot of using system.
2. namespace - A namespace collection of classes like the HeyGoogleApplication namespace contains the class HeyGoogle. This may contain a lot of classes.
3. Class HelloWorld - The class contains a lot of fo method to the process of a program. The methods are created for program behavior. There is one method is main.
4. Main method - This line represents the main definition. Here, we define the main method which is the entry point of C# programming.
5. writeline- The line Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); is used to display the output. WriteLine is a method of the class console.
6.Console.ReadKey- Console.ReadKey() Method makes the program wait for a keypress and it prevents the screen until a key is pressed. The is for the VS.NET Users. This makes the program wait for a keypress and it prevents the screen from running and closing quickly when the program is launched from Visual Studio .NET.
Modification of C# program -
Modification is also simple. You can modify namespace and execute the program.
using System;
namespace Hello{
class HelloWorld {
static void Main(string[] args) {
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
In the above example, we changed the namespace and execute the program.
It also gives the same output.
If you forgot to define any namesapce or remove namesapce from C# program then you got the error -
using System;
namespace {
class HelloWorld {
static void Main(string[] args) {
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
main.cs(2,10): error CS1001: Unexpected symbol `{', expecting identifier
You should understand the errors. This is a basic program with small code. You should make an error and changes something to explore it.
