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Post #2 Hello World!

Installing and Using C#: I'd recommend using Visual Studio Code. First let me explain how I installed it for me and then tell you how to install it. The way I did it is I simply typed Visual Studio Code in google and one of the first sites let's you install it. I then wrote the hello world program originally. I ran it and it gave me errors but also asked if I was using C#. It was smart enough to recognize the language. I think it popped up in the lower right of the screen. It still gave me errors but it was recognizing the C#. I had looked up and found a link which has everything you need to get Visual Studio to work with C#. I restarted and followed the instructions in the link. I'd recommend following the instructions in the link. link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tutorials/with-visual-studio-code#hello-world Basic Instructions: 1. Install Prerequisites using links provided on website or looking them up a. Visual Studio Code b. .Net Core SDK c. C#...

Post #1 The Language of C#

Brief Description: C# is an object oriented programming language. It was created with the .Net framework in mind. It is used for general application development including desktop and web applications. Using the newer dotnet core libraries, it can run on any operating system.  Resources: C# has many resources. There are many books and websites dedicated to it. It was made by Microsoft. I am using Visual Studio Code as an environment. I am specifically using a book called "MICROSOFT VISUAL C# .NET" written by Mickey Williams. Language Background: C# is a object oriented programming language created by Microsoft. In 1999, Anders Hejlsberg formed a team to create C# which was originally named Cool(C-like Object Oriented Language). Microsoft considered keeping the name but decided not to. It was renamed C#. James Gosling, who created Java, and other people said C# was an imitation of Java. Some said the languages were virtually identical. Hejlsberg said himself that C# is n...