Hey everyone, hope you're having a good day so far. I've had a question on my mind for a while now and wanted to ask it here.

Would Unity3D be a good place to start learning C# or should I look elsewhere?

Hi KPopFanJenn,

it's a very good place to learn game programming with C# (and Unity).
You're going to learn the basic syntax and concepts of C# as well.

But Unity has a strong focus on its Monobehaviour and GameComponents Systems.
Things that do not exist like this outside of Unity.

How do you intend to use C# later on?

@GWDev I have Unity3D installed on my laptop and was asking on other forums if Unity3D was a good place to start but was told it wasn't.

In a course I'm taking in the Fall quarter I'll be learning about C# and wanted to get a head start with it. I also plan on making a game of my own for fun and learning purposes.

Unity is of course a fun place to learn the syntax and concepts of C#. You will learn about:

• Conditions
• Variables
• Datatstructures
• Loops
• Classes
• Interfaces
• Visibility
• Keywords
• Events / Actions / Delegates
• …..

On top of that you get free access to the unity learn ressources at the moment. The material is very good.

Just expect to do some things different in application/web/tool development and you will be fine.

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

Keep in mind that Unity adds some “convencience” stuff you would not get to know if you're not from a plain C# background. Like some operators, especially the null-check uses an extension C# doesn't offer by default.

Some other .NET technology like Reflection will behave somehow different on Unity depending on for which platform you are building as Unity still embedds a Mono Runtime instead of the .Net one