C# (pronounced C Sharp) is a simple, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language used by developers in the design of applications which run on the Microsoft .NET platform.
What is C# Development?
Our Berkshire team use C# to develop projects such as Windows client applications, XML Web services, distributed components, client-server applications and database applications.
Visual C# 2010 provides an advanced code editor, convenient user interface designers, integrated debugger, and many other tools to make it easier to develop applications based on version 4.0 of the C# language and version 4.0 of the .NET Framework.
C# programming is considered relatively simple for developers who have used previous versions of the programming languages C, C++ and Java due to similarities in style and use.
C# programs run on the .NET Framework, an integral component of the Windows system that includes a virtual execution system, the common language runtime (CLR) and a unified set of class libraries. The CLR is the commercial implementation by Microsoft of the common language infrastructure (CLI), an international standard that is the basis for creating execution and development environments in which languages and libraries work together seamlessly.
Source code written in C# is compiled into an intermediate language (IL) that conforms to the CLI specification.
The .NET platform is renowned for promoting language interoperability so code from C# can interact with code generated from the .NET versions of Visual Basic, Visual C++, or any of more than 20 other CTS-compliant languages. Different modules written in different languages are able to communicate effectively within an application developed in this way.
C# - which developers must remember is case sensitive - simplifies programming through its use of XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) which allow access to a programming object or method without requiring the programmer to write additional code for each step.
Because our experienced programmers in Berkshire can build on existing code, rather than repeatedly duplicating it, the use of C# makes it faster and less expensive to get build new products for clients.
In the programming environment, C# is used in the development of software components to run large scale systems or smaller individual functions within a system.
The C# language took its name from the world of music where the sharp symbol indicates that the note played should be a semitone higher in pitch than the note written. The previous language was C++, indicating an incremental development from earlier versions. The musical sharp symbol is not regularly found on an international keyboard so the # symbol is the identifier.
Comparisons between C# and Visual Basic (VB)
- Most blogs are developed using C# programming so there are plenty of examples to follow; there are also more magazines and websites offering information and updates about it than VB.
- The ratio of programming jobs based on C# compared with VB is estimated at 20-1.
- VB is considered by some in the programming environment easier to read and good for new programmers, however if you come from C or Java, C# is described as the way to go.
- Many other programming languages share the C# syntax, which is not the case for VB.
- Liquid Modules developers are able to switch between the two languages in their programming and development work.
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