So with Visual C# Express open, click File from the menu bar at the top. From the File menu, select New Project:

When you click on New Project, you'll see the following dialogue box appear:

This is where you select the type of project you want to create. If you only have the Express edition of Visual C#, the options are limited. For the rest of this book, we'll be creating Windows Applications. For now, select Console Application. Then click OK.

When you click OK, a new Console Application project will be created for you. Some code should be displayed:


As well as the code, have a look on the right hand side and you'll see the Solution Explorer. This is where all the files for your project are. (If you can't see the Solution Explorer, click View from the C# menu bar at the top. From the View menu, click Solution Explorer.)