C# Tutorial #1: The Basics

[DPJFAUG]

Like the song. Who is the artist?

[Xylogeist]

@DPJFAUG Which one?

[jessehaley615]

I want this video on my S5300 unit.

[frode95]

The "form1.cs" code tab will not open to me :/

please help me! :)

[frode95]

@frode95 it worked now ;)

[mileedove1]

tnkxxxx

[BrianKdoor]

I've also been a linux admin (Cent and RHEL), and in college designed and implemented disease research clusters for BIoinformatics... for dementia research to assess protein misfolding... and I am retarded when it comes to some things... for sure. If you want an intro to programming concepts maybe google intro to programming concepts... I think Abstraction, Scope, and the like are outsite of this videos scope heh... punny.

[BrianKdoor]

@Xylogeist don't worry about it, I think it's cool that you were coding even in high school we need more CS people. So I mean you may not have known a whole lot of C# or you may have doesn't matter. You made a basic tutorial and you're on your way to being a programmer so you're on a good path I think

@hdi08 it's just a basic program intro it had a hello world, so I think it follows suite with most basic intros chillax promote young programmers

-Brian Professional C# .Net, Drupal, & PHP Dev.

[Xylogeist]

Hey Everybody,

There is a NEW C# series on my channel now that is much better, I put a link to it at the start of this video!

Rate this up so people will see it please!

[legobobsleder]

DO I HEAR THE PORTAL SONG BECAUSE I DIDNT KNOW THAT PORTAL WAS OUT IN 2009

[Xylogeist]

@legobobsleder It was.

[524K4LT]

@legobobsleder derp

[hdi08]

Non-resizable window "more professional"?? Laughed hard dude, cause a non-resizable (or size-capped) window just means you didn't have the time or skills to code a dynamic layout. There's no reason not to let the user size the window exactly how he sees fit. Besides, no advanced programmer ever uses GUI builder tools. Sorry, but this video is a fail. You're not teaching the language, this is just clicking around in an IDE. Do you even know how to actually CODE your little frame there?

[Xylogeist]

@hdi08 Obvious troll is obvious. Look at the date this was posted, then realize how pointless your comment is. Furthermore, what is the point of teaching C# at the base level when the video would turn out completely dull? If you are going to code from the ground up at a non-visual level, you should learn C++ or Objective C. C# is for watered down development. XNA games and the sort. Don't question my abilities, I do vids like this for youtube purposes, not because I don't know otherwise.

[hdi08]

@Xylogeist What's anything of what I said got to do with the date this video was posted? C# exists since early 2000's.You see I don't want to hate on you randomly, but make viewers aware of the fact that you are one of these ppl who post "tutorials" without knowing their stuff themselves. And that you proofed with the crap you told the ppl. So i dropped a warning, that's just my opinion. But, we both have better things to do than arguing, i'm sure. So, whatever.. Merry Christmas ;)

[Xylogeist]

@hdi08 So you don't want to hate on me, then you claim I don't know the "crap" I talk about. Seems legit. FYI, computer science student developing web applications on a LAMP cloudbox back-end supported by HTML5 markup. You can "merry christmas" your attack away all you want, but I find it offensive when you attack my knowledge in a video I made 3 years ago in HIGHSCHOOL for people who were curious about the new C# IDEs being released. The language isn't new, but the visual component is.

[hdi08]

@Xylogeist That's just what I say: You were in Highscool and not really into it when you made that video. You lacked skill back then and that's why it's not a good. No shame for a highschooler, and if you think that's a personal attack on your person, you don't get it. It's just that as is, it's not a very good tutorial. Plus, it's not a C# tutorial at all, like you say yourself, it's about an IDE. So, call it Visual C# IDE Tutorial and I wouldn't have landed here nor complained.

[Xylogeist]

@hdi08 At the time of creating this I could have created a web browser from C# scratch without a visual application. Its not that I lacked any knowledge, its that this tutorial wasn't for the audience you think it should be for. And why should I name it differently from all the other MSV C# tutorials on the internet if it covers the same content? Exactly.

[AussieRaver1996]

@Xylogeist Touché

[Courage1234100]

It was good:)

pls keep uploading the tutorial videos related to C# , i need to learn C# .net as required for my job :)

[Maaarteh]

+1 for still alive in the background

[D4L33tz0r]

Lol u tried to get the addies from combat arms hacker :P

[ultimategamer267]

Awkwardly having the song "Still Alive" from Portal playing in the background...

[Red2001Rum]

indd



[KeyBoardTwins]

the song is relaxing

[jsmythib]

Double refers to the number of bits(actual wires) available to store the number. It doubles the number of bytes it puts aside to store the value. I just had to google it and find out- sounds about right :)

[Xylogeist]

@jsmythib Exactly.

[Troo44]

@Xylogeist I have a question. for the messagebox("Name =")

after that you put + Name

I understand Name was set to the Chris, but why was the + sign put there? that confused me. I know a little C++. mind explaining this ?

[Xylogeist]

@Troo44 In terms of strings, in C# a plus denotes the action of adding the characters in one string on to the end of another string of characters. Just like in terms of an integer or decimal, the the plus denotes simple mathematical addition. It is kind of weird for some programmers, as in most languages (like PHP) a period denotes string addition, not a plus. (Ex: msgbox ( "My name is " . Name );

[JIIIAIIIIMIIIIEIIIS]

double d....nice -_-

[jsmythib]

@JIIIAIIIIMIIIIEIIIS ya what a choice lol :-)

[CTW461]

@kiasta6984 your stupid, this song is the best game song ive ever heard...next to the portal 2 ending song :D

[Xylogeist]

@kiasta6984 That song is one of the greatest gifts modern gaming has given us... oh, and you'll be delighted to hear that I am re-recording my older tutorials (1-8) in HD without background music.

[acenumbah1]

@Xylogeist FUCK YEAH! please keep it to 08? :(

[Xylogeist]

@acenumbah1 Er... I use C# 2010 in them xD Its virtually no different from 08 and it is a lot smoother.

[BOS6940]

Why the hell am I finding loads of Portal in every vid I watch?!? Oh and btw, nice tut! Just as simple as VB from this vid, so hopefully I'll be at home with C#

[XinoBrix]

Yea! Portal Still alive in the background.

[Xylogeist]

@Thetranslatorguy Thanks for sharing that.

[ImSoSaxy85]

"You have to put in Math, don't ask why" if people are going to learn programming they need to know what it is, why it's there and what it does!

[Xylogeist]

@ImSoSaxy85 I explain it in a later tutorial, that's why I said that. Math is a system class that various mathematical methods are pulled from, such as PI, sine, cosine, etc.

[AsbjornOlling]

Gordon as wallpaper,

GLaDOS as soundtrack.

I approve of this vid.

[crazywiiaddict]

im just use to q basic xD this is so complex compared to that

[memoivoila]

Coming from java this seems very gui based...

[Xylogeist]

@memoivoila It is indeed, although that is because we begin with a precompiled windows form and add code onto that. We could also code our own windows form that looks differently, but that is on a more advanced topic.

[memoivoila]

@Xylogeist ok thanks

[uploadingmyvideos]

@Xylogeist

Does visual c# have the capability of doing that or do you need a different IDE? or do you need to code in notepad and run it through a program that understand the language?

[uploadingmyvideos]

@uploadingmyvideos

4:20 answered my question - sorry =/

[Lacihun1]

The most simples way do definie what double is: a 64-bit integer that can store numbers from -(((2^64)/2)-1) to ((2^64)/2)-1

[gbtimmon]

By engine you mean IDE right? Not trying to be snarky, or anyhting, but i didn't think c# ran on a any kind of special engine but I could be wrong, so correct me if I am....

[Xylogeist]

@gbtimmon You're the second person to have commented about that. As I replied to the other person, yes, its an IDE, not an engine. The two terms are used synonymously by the majority of C# beginners, unfortunately. In this vid I used a lot of metonymy for the naive side of my viewership, but I do get quite a few well-learned viewers who point out these few technicalities :P

[swiftninja17]

When I try to debug there is an error that says Identifier Expected. Help.

[MasterKEnnY2009]

Music is cool! Portal rules!

[Xylogeist]

@FahimAliTV Jup

[Insanity0107]

@Xylogeist good choice, it's very calming music :P

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

Can someone explain to me the diffrance between express and the reguler visual studio?

[hellsing357]

the background music sucks

the tutorial is cool though

[Xylogeist]

@hellsing357 The music doesn't suck. Its friggen portal >_>

[pudinthemushroomhead]

@hellsing357 you are teh shunned

[TheCharl3s7]

@hellsing357 I agree.

[VValid1991]

SERIOUSLY I WANTED TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW FROM HERE AND FUCK THEIR IS A FUCKEN SONG THAT SUCKS!

[Xylogeist]

@VValid1991 Most people prefer the music be here. I turned it down quite a lot for a reason you know :p

Also, its not bad music, say that again and you'll die!

[dreemaze]

The only annoying thing about this video is that you have no mouse control during video capturing for a video tutorial. You move back and forth constantly and express your speech by moving the mouse. My tip to you is to let go of the mouse when talking, and when you need to perform an action, then you can move the mouse gracefully. You will easily lose the viewers attention by doing this constantly in the video.

[Xylogeist]

@dreemaze Look at the date. Now go look at a more recent video in this series. Now feel ashamed for making that comment. :P

[dreemaze]

@Xylogeist Your application for shaming me has been approved! I usually don't pay attention to the date added, otherwise cool work.

[jlopez0o]

and tore me to peices and trew every peice into a FIRE

[Lessien881]

double d giggity

[xGiveMeUrLifex]

Eww.. You play Combat Arms? And lol Portal music.

[Xylogeist]

@xGiveMeUrLifex I played Combat Arms back in 2009 when I was the most well known hacker on the entire American server... but that's another story ;)

[xGiveMeUrLifex]

@Xylogeist: >:O HACKER. I quit CA about half a year ago... Now all I do really is work on a game I'm making (Rafika), play BFBC2 and wait for Battlefield 3 :D. Thanks for your C# tutorial, it helped.

[ItohKuni]

Dude, what type of microphone are you using? It's got some sick quality.

[Xylogeist]

@ItohKuni Idk what microphone I used in this tutorial. I wish I still had it because I didn't even use noise removal back then and it still came out like this XD My current mic is noisy as hell and needs noise removal..

[ixcaliber]

Is it significantly different from C or just a better version

[Xylogeist]

@ixcaliber C is an older and more difficult language to learn. C++ is older and more difficult (IMO) to learn as well, and C# is newer and is pretty simple and more geared for visual applications on later versions of Windows.

[ixcaliber]

@Xylogeist Alright, thx

[TheMrChugger]

What's that annoying music in the background?! Otherwise, awesome stuff!

[elcimohr]

@TheMrChugger You think Still Alive is annoying?

[BreinStijn]

It looks like game maker : )

[GameDesignGuru]

beginners*

[xKeray]

shitty language for shitty platform...

[Xylogeist]

@xKeray Not really. Microsoft has made a few mistakes in the past (most notably internet explorer), but the C line of languages are strong and powerful. I also maintain my position that Windows is still the best platform, regardless of my new-found abilities in linux. Windows is powerful, user friendly, and highly customizable. Not to mention its what I grew up on.

[OSDolphin]

Do I hear sill alive? *looks at related videos* How the fuck does HATSUNE MIKU RELATE TO C#?

[PiFsc2]

Please read the next part of my comment really carefully: THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL!!! It's simply GREAT! TYYY ~

[daeheadshot]

....Portal Credit Song.... Yay! and i was just in a chatroom that was discussing portal 2 ah the coincidences of this world :3

[codaassasin]

amazon[dot]com/Microsoft-Visua­l-Basic-2010-Step/dp/073562669­3

-Best VB.NET book ever made (From Beginner to Intermediate/Low Level Advanced

amazon[dot]com/Microsoft-Visua­l-2010-Step/dp/0735626707

-The C# version of the VB 2010 Step By Step book shown above

[Xylogeist]

@codaassasin I actually put that in the description already :)

[codaassasin]

@Xylogeist

A different book. Mine was better.

[Xylogeist]

@codaassasin Maybe, maybe not. That's up to preference. Head First makes some of the best learning material I've ever seen, it will be hard to beat them.

[codaassasin]

@Xylogeist

The Step By Step series is one of the best. And , they're O'reilly books. O'reilly books are the best for computer programming.

[codaassasin]

@Xylogeist

...Wait nvm that one was a O'reilly book too. But the step by step series is the best by far. You should take a look.

[deathbyaccident]

The IDE is integrated development environment, not engine.

[Xylogeist]

@deathbyaccident I used to get the two mixed up. TBH, in layman's terms you can use them synonymously, but to be more precise, it's only an engine if the application you are making relies on it. And C# application's don't rely on Visual C#... obv.

[deathbyaccident]

@Xylogeist Yes, no prob.

[deathbyaccident]

@Xylogeist Yes, no prob. just how similar is c# to AS3? Im an as3 developer, looking into XNA

[Xylogeist]

@deathbyaccident I used to do flash games, but I never upgraded my knowledge to AS3, so I'm still on AS3. I don't think there are many obvious similarities between the two, but it shouldn't be a difficult transition.

[Preseka666]

Still alive plays in background!!

Is it?

I know that song form portal.

[Xylogeist]

@Preseka666 Yup, Still Alive.

[quietmoose]

Took me 20 seconds to realise still alive was on hahaha

[zizeeo]

Ha Ha Portal music.

[InsiderMovies]

i cant consentrate with this music -.-

[ctcon77]

is c# the same if you code games??

[Xylogeist]

@ctcon77 Yes.

[GmTalking]

Check me out! I got VB tutorials and more stuff!

[iflyykid]

how do you create a form

[bravechampion2]

Whenever i write in the code like the string name = "blank"; and build it and click the button nothing happens. I dont get any errors or anything just nothing happens

[flmin0123]

LOL, Chris is my name! <3

[macaNL]

Lol, Still Alive as background music

[Zetamancer]

Nevermind, maybe my debug is just weird. If I open the file directly as an .exe it works perfectly. Anyways thanks for the awesome tutorial.

[Zetamancer]

Very good tutorial, but when I debug test, button 1 is clickable. However after clicking it, no messagebox appears, and the program becomes unclosable. It's not listed as Not Responding in the task manager, it just won't close like normal.

Any suggestions?

[tatkirulez]

love how the song "still alive" is in the background... lol

[urielisag]

cool man i am planing to work in those places the makes games for example rock star games thanks man

[Max2500W]

Still alive in the background :D and Gordon freman wallpaper :D AWSOME, and good tutorial :D

[Joe328vinyl]

This is really useful mate thank you!! You should do loads more tutorials your style is easy to follow!!

[abdieg]

Thank you, nice tutorial.

[lollpeadoleme]

mine just pops up blue box

[StopMotionMania100]

i did what you said EXACTLY and got 3 errors

[MeowMixMadness]

Also! When you were explaining the various statements, since i've been learning c#, i knew what you meant and i felt so clever :')

[MeowMixMadness]

2 people prefer C flat, to C sharp.

[moviemaster1997]

i <3 the song playing!

[HorizontMirage]

@moviemaster1997 me too:)

[martmelee]

if you learn java first, C# is like a piece of cake basically the same, just a few changes in the syntax and how things work.

cool tutorial mate.

[e4g1e1]

@martmelee Yea I've also noticed that they seem to work so similar to each other, yet C# is a lot more powerful and efficient! :)

[MINIMI95020]

FINALLY someone who desnt name his project "hello world"

[GuiSoulM]

The cake is a lie.

[jjppmm29]

lol i love how the portal theme song is playing in the background

[cutiefluffy1]

wow this video is so awesome i am a begginner and it is just W-O-W!!!

[onikzonikz]

how do i move the windows form? it wont move when i try to drag. i know it's in options somewhere

[whymeproducz]

isnt C just like C and C++?

[Killer9ss]

@whymeproducz I'm guessing you meant isnt C# just like C and C++ and no they're all different though C# is alot like C++

[heckermann]

I get this error:

There were build errors. Would You like to continue and run the last successful build?

If i click Yes it gives another error and if i click No i just get no further. I have done exactly what u did in this vid?

[bsjtube]

@heckermann Go to View > Error list to make sure your error list window is open.  Now try to compile it again and it should locate which line the error is on. Hope that helps.

[Xylogeist]

@bsjtube So your not here only to flame me. Good to see you contributing for once.

[ugurrro35]

wow great guide... but very hard <.<

[xqnp7]

Holy crap! string name = "Chris";

I was about to skip ahead a little and name it after me....and I was going to make name = Chris....

[FreelancePatriot76]

@xqnp7

No shit,

[panyidavid]

GLadOs song ^^

[sniperownsuhard]

would u recomend XNA? or learning C++?

[jsfowler06]

hey mate, Thanks for the tutorials, Ive come from learning C++ for the past few months, Got an email from microsoft about w7 phone dev so i decided too change over too C# keep up the good work :)

[Xylogeist]

BTW - I prefer Mozilla Firefox over Chrome. I use Chrome in my videos because I have like 70 tabs open in Firefox :P

[J90JAM]

Same. Porn?

[SSander1007]

Do I hear a portal ending on the background :D Awesome!

[BerkinGG]

Instead of x = x * 17, try x *= 17.

[bratan1989]

thanks a lot bro you are the best!

[lethalblindfold]

I LOVE this video! The music in the background (Still Alive) just makes me calm. :)

[MrLegendman3]

OMG I LOVE YOU!

p.s. I love you more... You love valve! 8D

[1Ryden]

C# is like GUI for C/C++ right??

[Xylogeist]

@1Ryden Actually C# is it's own language. This GUI/IDE is just a method of Visual design a lot of Programmers are starting to turn to. There are some visual C++ IDE's as well, however I prefer non-visual C++ to visual C++.

[1Ryden]

@Xylogeist what is with C++ standard libary ? its very small and I searched over net there is no network libary?

[FreakiestGolf]

You don't explain what the codelets do/what their purposes are.

Fuck you, whore.

[ampcorp]

@FreakiestGolf

Well obviously you already know what they do, and if not you don't deserve to. So shut up.

[FreakiestGolf]

@ampcorp FAGET¬¬¬¬¬

[ampcorp]

@FreakiestGolf

You wish.

[FreakiestGolf]

@ampcorp omg shut up!!!!!

[ampcorp]

@FreakiestGolf

lol, fine =3

[FreakiestGolf]

@ampcorp Haha, I'm trolling. Sorry, I don't get this stuff, I'm very new to it, and I get aggravated easily. :L

[ampcorp]

@FreakiestGolf haha, it's fine. I'm really new to it to, actually, you probably know more than I do XD

[povar1981]

Yeah it all works, but what does it mean? I'm a newbie and I don't understand what those xs, doubles and maths are for! Will you please explain it or will you explain it in the next chapter?

[FreelancePatriot76]

@1Ryden

Uhh... you can build GUI's in C/C++ too.

[DarkShootah]

You could of done "Name = "+name+"" instead of what you got, this is great. Taught me lots.

[mateoarv]

portal song ftw

[xXLialiasXx]

Instead of using {

x = x + 17;

You can try;

x += 1;

This way is more complex and easy to use, also it doesnt look naab.

[010arman010]

@xXLialiasXx no need to confuse teh nubs

[tonyeddie]

I'm using ubuntu, which = monodevelop, which = this tutorial is 10x harder. :(

[slsl0]

Ive finally decided to learn C# and I see it's advantages but I really like c/c++ so much more, C# feels like it is dumbed down and my favorite part about c++ was the precise control you had and the ability to make extremely efficiant code. But anyways nice video

[TheRaelykSky]

What's with the GlaDos music in the background xD Still Alive- GlaDos right?

[zolga]

@TheRaelykSky lol no

[TheRaelykSky]

@zolga 'lol' yes... One of the songs in the background is Still Alive by GLadOs.