C# Programming Language Overview

Study Notes

C# is a programming language developed by Microsoft, running on the .NET framework.
C# was announced at the .NET Developers Conference in 2000.
Anders Hejlsberg was a key contributor in the development of C#.

C++ builds upon the C programming language, offering more advanced capabilities.
C++ is considered an intermediate-level language.

Programming languages are structured, human-readable forms of communication between humans and computers.
High-level languages use English words and/or mathematical symbols for programming.

Semicolon: Every C# statement ends with a semicolon (;).
using System;: This statement imports the System namespace, allowing the use of its classes, such as Console.
public static void Main(): This is the entry point for a C# console program.
Console.WriteLine(): This method outputs text to the console, including a new line at the end.
Console.Write(): This method outputs text to the console, without a new line at the end.
{ }: These curly braces mark the beginning and end of a block of code.
.cs: This is the file extension for C# files.
Blank Lines: Blank lines make code more readable and are ignored by C#.

Identifiers: Unique names used to identify variables, methods, and other elements in code.
Short Variable Names: a and b are examples of concise variable names.
Descriptive Variable Names: name, average, and sum are examples of descriptive variable names that communicate their purpose.

Constants are unchangeable values that are declared using the const keyword. They will overwrite existing values.

False: A parallelogram represents a process in a flowchart.
True: A line connects the shapes in a flowchart, showing relationships between them.
False: Pseudocode is a programming concept, not a language similar to Spanish.

args: In the context of Main() method, args refers to an array of strings that can potentially be used to pass arguments to the program from the command line.