Use top level statements and update screenshots #51568
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Pull request overview
Updates the Visual Studio console app tutorial set to match current templates (top-level statements) and refreshes UI screenshots (dark theme), improving parity with the Visual Studio Code tutorials.
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- Switches the “create app” tutorial to show the C# top-level statements template and updates related instructions.
- Refreshes publishing and debugging tutorials with updated screenshots, image references, and alt text.
- Adjusts debugging steps (breakpoint UI text, Immediate window inputs, and stepping flow).
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| docs/core/tutorials/with-visual-studio.md | Updates project creation steps and sample code to top-level statements, and adds an “Additional information” screenshot. |
| docs/core/tutorials/publishing-with-visual-studio.md | Updates screenshot alt text punctuation and adds a screenshot for Show all files. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/publishing-with-visual-studio/use-release-configuration.png | Adds a Release configuration toolbar screenshot for the publishing tutorial media set. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/publishing-with-visual-studio/show-all-files.png | Adds a screenshot for the Show all files button in Solution Explorer. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/publishing-with-visual-studio/publish-page-loc-tab.png | Adds/updates screenshot for the Publish page “Location” tab. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/publishing-with-visual-studio/publish-context-menu.png | Adds/updates screenshot for the project context menu’s Publish entry. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/publishing-with-visual-studio/pick-specific-publish-target.png | Adds/updates screenshot for selecting a specific publish target. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/debugging-with-visual-studio/use-release-configuration.png | Adds/updates Release toolbar screenshot for the debugging tutorial. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/debugging-with-visual-studio/use-debug-configuration.png | Adds/updates Debug toolbar screenshot for the debugging tutorial. |
| docs/core/tutorials/media/debugging-with-visual-studio/immediate-window-output.png | Adds/updates screenshot showing the Immediate window output. |
| docs/core/tutorials/debugging-with-visual-studio.md | Updates image references and several debugging steps to match the new screenshots and flow. |
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Feb 10, 2026
| The program displays the string that the user enters. What happens if the user doesn't enter anything? You can test this with a useful debugging feature called a *conditional breakpoint*. | ||
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| 1. Right-click on the red dot that represents the breakpoint. In the context menu, select **Conditions** to open the **Breakpoint Settings** dialog. Select the box for **Conditions** if it's not already selected. | ||
| 1. Right-click on the red dot that represents the breakpoint. In the context menu, select **Conditions...** to open the **Breakpoint Settings** dialog. Select the box for **Conditions** if it's not already selected. |
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"If an option label ends with a colon or an ellipsis, don't include that end punctuation in instructions."
| The code defines a class, `Program`, with a single method, `Main`, that takes a <xref:System.String> array as an argument. `Main` is the application entry point, the method that's called automatically by the runtime when it launches the application. Any command-line arguments supplied when the application is launched are available in the *args* array. | ||
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| C# has a feature named [top-level statements](../../csharp/fundamentals/program-structure/top-level-statements.md) that lets you omit the `Program` class and the `Main` method. This tutorial doesn't use this feature. Whether you use it in your programs is a matter of style preference. | ||
| The code defines a class, `Program`, that calls the <xref:System.Console.WriteLine(System.String)?displayProperty=nameWithType> method to display a message in the console window. |
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I kind of agree with CCR here. You can't call a method directly from a class, and I don't see where you're defining the class.
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Summary
This pull request makes several improvements and updates to the .NET documentation for Visual Studio tutorials. The main focus is on:
Fixes #51448
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