Just C#

To code a XNA game, we needed a basic understanding of C# and how to use the XNA framework.

We started C# on the September 5th, when we were first introduced to Microsoft's Visual Studio. You'll need it too, if you want to see how the program works.

First thing's first. C# is a computer language, with its own syntax, or the equivalent of vocabulary and grammar of a regular language. For example, a byte is an integral type that is from 0-255. The most common integral type is the int, which covers the numbers -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, so that the int value could be anywhere between those numbers, but only as integers. If we want decimals, we would use float, which covers ± 1 .5e-45 to ± 3.4e38 .

In the next month or so, we studied the basics of C#. The programming class mostly worked on logic and the Console Application. The Console Application is just the black box with words. Perfect for training our logic! Also, we only worked in the Main class. Later, we'll find we need different classes to make our coding easier.

Under "Just C#" Subpages, there are some projects we did over the time period before we met our UH instructors. Or you could click here: Prime Factorization. for the next subpage.