If you have the .NET SDK installed, you have all the compilers and linkers
and assemblies you need. You can use Notepad or any other text editor to
create and modify the source code, and then use the command line compilers
to create the executables. For instance, key in the following code in
Notepad and save it as Hello.cs. Then from a command window, type
csc Hello.cs
and you'll get Hello.exe. Run Hello.exe and you'll get the hello world
message in a command window.
Here's the code:
using System;
namespace HelloWorldInCSharp
{
class HelloWorldApp
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello World from C#!");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
The command line compilers and linkers can be used to build any kind of
application or library assembly. There are many command switches. Try csc /?
to get an idea of what's available.
I haven't personally done this since VS.Net was released, so I don't
remember what you need to set up in order to make this work so easily.
Probably some paths need to be set up in the execution environment for the
command window. Look at the SDK documentation to see what needs to be done
by way of environment variables.
If you don't have the .NET SDK, you can get it from the Microsoft site
(without charge, as I understand it).
Good luck,
Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting
