C# programming guide

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This section provides detailed information on key C# language features and features accessible to C# through the .NET Framework.

Most of this section assumes that you already know something about C# and general programming concepts. If you are a complete beginner with programming or with C#, you might want to visit the C# Quickstarts or Getting Started with C# interactive tutorial, where no prior programming knowledge is required.

For information about specific keywords, operators and preprocessor directives, see C# Reference. For information about the C# Language Specification, see C# Language Specification.

Program sections

Inside a C# Program

Main() and Command-Line Arguments

Language Sections

Statements, Expressions, and Operators

Types

Classes and Structs

Interfaces

Enumeration Types

Delegates

Arrays

Strings

Properties

Indexers

Events

Generics

Iterators

LINQ Query Expressions

Lambda Expressions

Namespaces

Nullable Types

Unsafe Code and Pointers

XML Documentation Comments

Platform Sections

Application Domains (C# and Visual Basic)

Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache

Attributes

Collections

Exceptions and Exception Handling

File System and the Registry (C# Programming Guide)

Interoperability

Reflection

See Also

C# Reference
C#