C#•3w ago

✅ Having trouble going from the old syntax to top level statements

i have been learning C# using the old syntax. i do not know the name for it, but this is what it is:

using System;
class Program
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
  }
}

using System;
class Program
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
  }
}

but now that i have started working on Visual Studio, i am having a hard time learning what is the meaning of top level statements. So, how to think about this, considering that i have learnt my basics over Notepad?

7 Replies

leowest•3w ago

leowest•3w ago

that you can simple check that and not use top-level statements and just use the old way which is better anyway.

Salman•3w ago

Use TLS if you don't wanna write Main function always . TLS just allows you to quickly prototype. Nothing more about it. Many people still prefer the old way

tommyOP•3w ago

i too would prefer using the old way but i have to learn top level statements just in case

leowest•3w ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/program-structure/top-level-statements

Top-level statements - programs without Main methods - C#

Learn about top-level statements. You can create programs without the ceremony of a Program class and a Main method.

leowest•3w ago

You absolutely dont need to learn it, it can be helpful in some scenarios where u just want to skip and write code as if u were scripting c# like python etc.

tommyOP•3w ago

okay!!

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✅ Having trouble going from the old syntax to top level statements