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Asked: 2026-05-16T04:29:52+00:00

I am in the process of learning C#. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio

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I am in the process of learning C#. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2010 Express with C#. The problem is it has all these templates that are a little overwhelming at the moment: ASP.NET website, Library, WCF, etc.

I just want to code something very simple that takes input from the Console and outputs to it. I am making do with WCF but that’s really inconvenient. It is faster for me to load up ideone.com, type my code there and compile than doing it from own my machine.

Is it even possible to create simple programs like that in C# using VS2010 Express?

Thanks everyone who answered. I installed Visual C# and now I can create console applications. But now the command window closes immediately after it’s done doing whatever it’s doing. Can I have it output to the IDE like I would with Java on Eclipse or Netbeans?

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  1. Editorial Team

    “But now the command window closes immediately after it’s done doing whatever it’s doing. Can I have it output to the IDE like I would with Java on Eclipse or Netbeans?”

    Try running without debug mode (Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 or some other binding depending on your keyboard setting). The program will wait for you to press a key to exit.

    If you want to output it to the IDE, you could use System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write, which writes to the trace output in the bottom on the IDE. I do not believe there is a built in stdout view in Visual Studio… but it seems like a great idea for a feature…

    Are you there, Microsoft?

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