C# version 1.0 (Released January, 2002)

When you go back and look, C# version 1.0, released with Visual Studio .NET 2002, looked a lot like Java. At the time, looking like Java meant it achieved those early design goals. But if you look back on C# 1.0 now, you'd find yourself a little dizzy. It lacked the built-in async capabilities and some of the slick functionality around generics you take for granted.

The major features of C# 1.0 included:

• Classes in C#
• Inheritance in C#
• Sealed in C#
• Interface in C#
• Abstract in C#
• Static in C#
• Struct in C#
• Enum in C#
• Properties in C#
• Overloading in C#
• Overriding in C#
• Base in C#
• Polymorphism in C#
• NameSpace in C#
• Acces Modifiers in C#
• Encapsulation in C#
• Events In C#