In this post, we will see how to write the Hello World program in C# without the need for Visual Studio or any other software applications.
Significance of the Hello World Program
Hello, World is the most famous program in any programming language. The reason for its significance are:
- A student learning a new programming language often writes “Hello, World” program first as it is the smallest program that can be written.
- It gives the student the first achievement in writing a program.
- This is a standard followed in any language to assess the language constructs required to build a program.
- Advanced programmers use this to check the correctness of the development environment.
Run C# Program without Visual Studio
Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft for developing programs using various programming languages including C#. However, your machine should have this IDE installed in order to use it.
But in the initial stage, you can use various Online Compilers available on the internet to quickly code and run the code snippets without the need for any other setups.
In this article, we will use one such C# online compiler called .NET Fiddle. You can even use this online compiler without creating an account.
Hello World Program in C#
The below example shows the simplest C# program which displays “hello, world” sentence in the output. Try it out – click Run button to execute your first C# program! Also, you can try entering your name to print along with “hello, world”.
Do not worry if you don’t understand what each line of code signifies. You will understand them as you progress through learning C#.
Additional Resources
Check this post from Microsoft if you want to write the Hello World program in Visual Studio. It shows how to write this program in Visual Studio, step-by-step.
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