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Source Code

The CscExample application can be found under the Chapter 2 subdirectory.

Building .NET Applications Using TextPad

While Notepad is fine for creating simple .NET programs, it offers nothing in the way of developer

productivity. It would be ideal to author *.cs files using an editor that supports (at a minimum) key-

word coloring and integration with a C# compiler. As luck would have it, such a tool does exist:

TextPad.

TextPad is an editor you can use to author code for numerous programming languages, includ-

ing C#. The chief advantage of this product is the fact that it is very simple to use and provides just

enough bells and whistles to enhance your coding efforts, without too many to obfuscate the learn-

ing process.

To obtain TextPad, navigate to http://www.textpad.com and download the latest version (5.0.3

at the time of this writing). Once you have installed the product, you will have a feature-complete

version of TextPad; however, this tool is not freeware. Until you purchase a single-user license

(for around US$30.00), you will be presented with a “friendly reminder” each time you run the

application.