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Chapter 2: Learning Just Enough C# or VB.NET: Basic Syntax 37
To get started, open VS and select File | New | Project. You’ll see the New Project
window, shown in Figure 2-1. Your first task is to select Console Application as the
program type. Then set the program name to FirstProgram and specify a location of your
choice for where the project will be created. Other features of the New Project window
include the ability to specify the .NET Framework version, sorting options, icon size
options, and a search capability.
NOTE
It’s often useful to choose a project location other than the default. The default is your
personal “My Documents” folder, which is long to type, cumbersome to navigate to, and
error prone. Choosing a shorter path helps alleviate these problems. If you’re working
on a team with other developers, it’s also helpful to use a common location for projects
where everyone has their files in the same location.
NOTE
In the example code that accompanies this book, the projects are named
FirstProgramCS (containing C# examples) and FirstProgramVB (containing VB
examples). You’ll see this convention, specifying the language in the project name suffix,
in all of the code examples accompanying this book.
Figure 2-1 The New Project window