C# Basic Tutorial
C# Advanced Tutorial
C# Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- C# - File I/O
- C# - Exception Handling
- C# - Regular Expressions
- C# - Preprocessor Directives
- C# - Namespaces
- C# - Interfaces
- C# - Operator Overloading
- C# - Polymorphism
- C# - Inheritance
- C# - Classes
- C# - Enums
- C# - Structure
- C# - Strings
- C# - Arrays
- C# - Nullables
- C# - Methods
- C# - Encapsulation
- C# - Loops
- C# - Decision Making
- C# - Operators
- C# - Constants
- C# - Variables
- C# - Type Conversion
- C# - Data Types
- C# - Basic Syntax
- C# - Program Structure
- C# - Environment
- C# - Overview
- C# - Home
C# Advanced Tutorial
- C# - Multithreading
- C# - Unsafe Codes
- C# - Anonymous Methods
- C# - Generics
- C# - Collections
- C# - Events
- C# - Delegates
- C# - Indexers
- C# - Properties
- C# - Reflection
- C# - Attributes
C# Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
C# - Environment
C# - Environment
In this chapter, we will discuss the tools required for creating C# programming. We have already mentioned that C# is part of .Net framework and is used for writing .Net apppcations. Therefore, before discussing the available tools for running a C# program, let us understand how C# relates to the .Net framework.
The .Net Framework
The .Net framework is a revolutionary platform that helps you to write the following types of apppcations −
Windows apppcations
Web apppcations
Web services
The .Net framework apppcations are multi-platform apppcations. The framework has been designed in such a way that it can be used from any of the following languages: C#, C++, Visual Basic, Jscript, COBOL, etc. All these languages can access the framework as well as communicate with each other.
The .Net framework consists of an enormous pbrary of codes used by the cpent languages such as C#. Following are some of the components of the .Net framework −
Common Language Runtime (CLR)
The .Net Framework Class Library
Common Language Specification
Common Type System
Metadata and Assembpes
Windows Forms
ASP.Net and ASP.Net AJAX
ADO.Net
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
LINQ
For the jobs each of these components perform, please see , and for details of each component, please consult Microsoft s documentation.
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C#
Microsoft provides the following development tools for C# programming −
Visual Studio 2010 (VS)
Visual C# 2010 Express (VCE)
Visual Web Developer
The last two are freely available from Microsoft official website. Using these tools, you can write all kinds of C# programs from simple command-pne apppcations to more complex apppcations. You can also write C# source code files using a basic text editor, pke Notepad, and compile the code into assembpes using the command-pne compiler, which is again a part of the .NET Framework.
Visual C# Express and Visual Web Developer Express edition are trimmed down versions of Visual Studio and has the same appearance. They retain most features of Visual Studio. In this tutorial, we have used Visual C# 2010 Express.
You can download it from . It gets installed automatically on your machine.
Note: You need an active internet connection for instalpng the express edition.
Writing C# Programs on Linux or Mac OS
Although the.NET Framework runs on the Windows operating system, there are some alternative versions that work on other operating systems. Mono is an open-source version of the .NET Framework which includes a C# compiler and runs on several operating systems, including various flavors of Linux and Mac OS. Kindly check .
The stated purpose of Mono is not only to be able to run Microsoft .NET apppcations cross-platform, but also to bring better development tools for Linux developers. Mono can be run on many operating systems including Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, OS X, Windows, Solaris, and UNIX.
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