Creating Projects using
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
CTEC1239/2017W
Computer Programming
Version 1.0: Covers Windows 10 PCs in L2
Last updated: 2017.01.10
Starting Visual Studio 2015
• From the Windows 10 Taskbar …
The “splash
screen” is shown
while Visual
Studio loads … it
may take several
seconds.
Visual Studio 2015
Note: in L2, the “Dark” colour theme is the default. It can be changed…
Create A New Project
• From the File menu, select New, then Project…
• You can also press Ctrl+Shift+N instead
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The “New Project” dialog box appears
Choose the Language,
Environment, and Project Type
• The C# project type used for all programs in
CTEC1239 is Console Application.
Choose the Project Location
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• Click on Browse to pop up the “Project Location” dialog
box. From here, choose or create a folder in which to store
your projects.
• Each project will have its own subfolder.
• Choose your USB drive (recommended)!
• Because of the DeepFreeze software installed on the lab
computers, you may lose your files on drive C.
Give the Project a Name
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• The name will be used for both the project
subfolder and the executable.
– For example, for the C# Console app above, the project
folder will be E:\2017W\ctec1239\vsprojects-L2\Hello
and the executable will be written to
E:\2017W\ctec1239\vsprojects-L2\Hello\bin\Debug\Hello.exe
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• Remove the checkmark from the “Create
directory for solution” box
• Click OK when done.
New Project Created
Visual Studio creates an “empty” program framework
Customizing Visual Studio
From the Tools menu, select Options (right at the bottom). You can then
change the Color theme, and make the font larger…
Visual Studio: Customized
Here, I changed
the Color theme
to “Light”, make
the “Plain text”
font larger and
Bold, closed the
“Cloud Explorer”
pane, and
resized both the
editor and
Solution Explorer
panes…
CREATING A C# CONSOLE
APPLICATION
The following example uses Visual Studio 2013 under Windows 7, but the
same procedures and principles apply to Visual Studio 2015 under
Windows 10…
Summary:
Creating C# Console App Projects
1. Choose the language (Visual C#),
environment (Windows), project type
(Console Application).
2. Follow the usual procedure... project location
and project name.
C# Console App Project
C# Console App Code
C# Console App Code (2)
• The C# using keyword includes .Net libraries.
• The C# namespace keyword is used because
.Net classes are organized in assemblies.
• Your project is an assembly.
C# Console App Code (3)
• Like Java, each C# program must have consist
of at least one class.
• The program entry point is “main”, but C#
capitalizes the name to Main (so does VB).
• The fully-qualified name of the class in this
example is Test.Program
C# Console App Files
• Don’t mess with the Properties folder!
• The bin and obj folders are used for building
(they can be safely deleted).
• Don’t forget the secret hidden .suo file.
Contrived C# Console Program
Example - Code
Hello, Cruel World
• Create a new project called “HelloWorld”
• Enter one line of code:
Hello, Cruel World
• When you build and run the project by clicking
on the green arrow
the resulting console
window simply opens and closes
• The program completes too quickly for the
user to see the output!
• One more line of code is needed:
Hello, Cruel World Complete
Hello, Cruel World Complete
Windows 10 Enterprise and Visual Studio Community 2015
Cleaning C# Projects
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Close the project in Visual Studio.
Copy the .exe file from bin\Debug if necessary.
Remove the bin and obj folders.
Delete the secret hidden .suo file (VS2013 and
older) or the secret hidden .vs folder (VS2015 and
newer.)
– First, in Windows Explorer, click Organize, then Folder
and Search Options, then from the View tab, click on
“Show hidden files, folders, and drives”.
Archiving the Project
If 7-Zip is installed, you can simply right-click on the project folder in
Windows Explorer and create an archive (.7z or .zip) file. (This example
was done under Windows 8.1)
Archiving the Project
• Close Solution (from the File menu) or exit Visual
Studio.
• Follow the cleaning procedure.
• Using Windows Explorer, go to the folder where
your project folder is
• Right click on the project folder and select 7-Zip
and then “Add to ____.7z” (where ____ is the
name of your project/project folder)
• A .7z archive file will be created, which you can
either copy to your USB or Network disk, safely
email, or post on BB.