For a better understanding of the chapter, you require the following knowledge:

• A basic understanding of software development
• A basic understanding of common programming languages: C, C++ and C#

For the entirety of this book, we will be going through different code examples in C# and will be using Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition for the code examples. The following hardware requirements are essential for Visual Studio:

• Operating system:
  • Windows 10 or higher
  • Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012 R2: Essential, Standard, and Datacenter
  • Windows 7 SP1
• Hardware requirements:
  • Minimum 2 GB of RAM
  • 1.8 GHz or faster processor
• Additional requirements:
  • Administrative rights of the system
  • .NET Framework 4.5
• Visual Studio: All code examples in this book have been compiled on Visual Studio Community Edition 2017. It's available for installation at: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/.

Sample code for this chapter can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Programming-in-C-sharp-Exam-70-483-MCSD-Guide/tree/master/Chapter01.