Types, Storage, and Variables

Abstract

If you were to broadly characterize the source code of C and C++ programs, you might say that a C program is a set of functions and datatypes and that a C++ program is a set of functions and classes. A C# program, however, is a set of type declarations.

• The source code of a C# program or DLL is a set of one or more type declarations.

• For an executable, one of the types declared must be a class that includes a method called Main.

• A namespace is a way of grouping a related set of type declarations and giving the group a name. Since your program is a related set of type declarations, you will generally declare your program type inside a namespace you create.