A console application is a computer program that uses a text-only interface through a command line or terminal. Console applications are simpler to create than graphical user interface (GUI) applications for learning a new programming language. They are developed in C# with a main entry point and can process console input and output text. Console applications differ from Windows applications in that they lack a GUI and run in a command prompt, while Windows applications have user interfaces.

1. Gandhinagar Institute of Technology
IT Department
.NET(2160711)
When to use console application generating the console
output ,processing console input
Prepared by:
Nirmit Pareliya(150120116049)
Presented to :
Prof. Madhuri Chopade

2. What is console application??
 A console application is a computer program designed to be used
via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal,
the command line interface of some operating
systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) .
 It is the simplest form of a C# program and is typically invoked
from the Windows command prompt.

3. When to use console application??
 The ability to create console applications is kept as a
feature of modern programming environments such
as Visual Studio and the .NET Framework on Microsoft
Windows because it greatly simplifies the learning process
of a new programming language by removing the
complexity of a graphical user interface.

4. Console application in c#
 Console applications developed in C# have one main entry point
(static main method) of execution, which takes an optional array
of parameters as its only argument for command-line parameter
representation.
 The .NET Framework provides library classes to enable rapid
console application development with output display capability
in different formats. System.Console (a sealed class) is one of
the main classes used in the development of console
applications.

5. How does a Windows application differ
from a console based application??
 Console Applications don't have user interfaces and are run in
the Command Prompt. Windows Forms applications do have
user interfaces.
 A Windows form application is an application that has a
graphical user interface(GUI) like the Visual C# IDE.
A console program on the other hand is a text application.

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