Introducing C#

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Introducing C#
Welcome to the first chapter of the first section of this book. Over the course of this section we’ll be
taking a look at the basic knowledge required to get up and running. In this first chapter we’ll be
looking at an overview of C# and the .NET Framework, and we’ll consider what these technologies are,
the motivation behind using them, and how they relate to each other.
We’ll start with a general discussion of the .NET Framework. This is a new technology, and contains
many concepts that are tricky to get to grips with at first (mainly because the Framework introduces a
“new way of doing things” to application development). This means that the discussion will, by
necessity, cover many new concepts in a short space of time. However, a quick look at the basics is
essential to understand how to program in C#, so this is a necessary evil. Later on in the book we’ll
revisit many of the topics covered here in more detail.
After this discussion, we’ll move on to a simple description of C# itself, including its origins and
similarities to C++.
Finally, we’ll look at the main tool…