Hello World -- Your First C# Program

To create and run a console application

1. Start Visual Studio.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
3. In the Templates Categories pane, expand Visual C#, and then click Windows.
4. In the Templates pane, click Console Application.
5. Type a name for your project in the Name field.
6. Click OK.

The new project appears in Solution Explorer.

7. If Program.cs is not open in the Code Editor, right-click Program.cs in Solution Explorer and then click View Code.
8. Replace the contents of Program.cs with the following code.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

namespace HelloWorld

{

    class Program

    {

//The Main method is where you create objects and execute other methods.

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

            // Keep the console window open in debug mode.

            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");

            Console.ReadKey();

        }

    }

}

9) Press F5 to run the project. A Command Prompt window appears that contains the line Hello World!