Question

I’ve got the following in a console application:

class Program {


    static void Main(string[] args) {

        Program myProgram = new Program();

        if (myProgram.foo() == true) {
            myProgram.bar();
        }
     }

     public bool foo() {
     //check some stuff 
     }

     public void bar() {
     //do some stuff 
     }

}

Is creating an instance of Program in the Program’s Main method bad practise and prone to problems?

Answer 1

Short answer: yes. Just make your two methods static and then you won’t need to create an instance.

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        if (Program.foo() == true) {
            Program.bar();
        }
     }

    public static bool foo() {
     //check some stuff 
    }

    public static void bar() {
     //do some stuff 
    }