Example Using Variables and the Console Object - Using Coding 101 - Episode 01

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using System;

namespace SquareIguana.Coding101.Example.E01
{
    class Program
    {
        /* Example on what was learned on Coding 101 - Episode 01 - Using Variables and the Console Object 
         * I made the example trying not to use "advanced" concepts, and only what the episode was trying to teach. 
         *  
         * The most useful thing in the example, I think is the use of the Console object, because in the episode and
         * the Code Example, was only using the 4 of its methods (Write, WriteLine, Read, ReadLine), and that is good but
         * there is more cool things that can be done with the Console, so I'm trying to use more methods for Console to 
         * demostrate some of the cool things that can be done with just that and simple variables.
         * 
         * The Console Methods, and examples of usage can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Console_methods(v=vs.110).aspx
         * 
         * I'm going out of my way to use only the simple concepts, this definitely needs a refactor once they go into
         * more "advanced" topics like methods, functions, classes, constants, arrays, ifs, loops, etc. maybe I'll do
         * a refactor or several, after some of those topics to show a more cleaner code.
         * 
         * Definition of Refactor: To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or 
         * structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
        */
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int width = 80;
            int height = 25;
            int border = 1;
            ConsoleColor white = ConsoleColor.White;
            ConsoleColor black = ConsoleColor.Black;
            ConsoleColor cyan = ConsoleColor.DarkCyan;
            ConsoleColor red = ConsoleColor.DarkRed;
            ConsoleColor blue = ConsoleColor.DarkBlue;
            ConsoleColor green = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;

            Console.Title = "Coding 101 - C# E01 - Using Console and Variables";
            Console.SetWindowSize(width, height);
            Console.SetBufferSize(width, height);
            Console.BackgroundColor = cyan;
            Console.ForegroundColor = white;
            Console.Clear();

            Console.BackgroundColor = white;
            Console.MoveBufferArea(border, border, width - (border * 2), height - border, border, height - border);

            string headerTop = " ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ";
            string headerFill = " ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ║ ";
            string headerBottom = " ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ";
            int headerWidth = headerTop.Length;
            int headerHeight = 5;
            int padding = ((width - (headerWidth + (border * 2))) / 2) + border;

            Console.BackgroundColor = cyan;
            Console.ForegroundColor = white;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border);
            Console.Write(headerTop);
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + 1);
            Console.Write(headerFill);
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + 2);
            Console.Write(headerFill);
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + 3);
            Console.Write(headerFill);
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + 4);
            Console.Write(headerBottom);

            string headerText = " CODING 101 - Example Using E01 "; // Empty spaces before and after text to make it look better
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding + (headerWidth / 2) - (headerText.Length / 2), border + 2);
            Console.Write(headerText);

            Console.BackgroundColor = white;
            Console.ForegroundColor = black;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 1);
            Console.Write("Please Authenticate Yourself: ");

            Console.ForegroundColor = blue;
            string auth = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.ForegroundColor = black;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 2);
            Console.Write("Validating Credentials for USER: ");
            Console.ForegroundColor = blue;
            Console.WriteLine(auth);

            Console.CursorVisible = false;
            Console.ForegroundColor = red;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 3);
            Console.Beep();
            Console.Beep();
            Console.Beep();
            Console.Beep();
            Console.Write("Please Wait");
            Console.Beep(233, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(247, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(277, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(311, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(330, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(370, 800);
            Console.Write(".");
            Console.Beep(415, 800);

            Console.ForegroundColor = green;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 4);
            Console.Write("Authorization of USER=");
            Console.ForegroundColor = blue;
            Console.Write(auth);
            Console.ForegroundColor = green;
            Console.WriteLine(" is VALID");
            Console.Beep(37, 3000); // Since this is an example for the Console object, this seem more appropiate and that is the only reason that I can think to use this instead of the code below ↓ to wait 3 seconds
            //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000); // Could have used this instead of the code above ↑

            Console.BackgroundColor = red;
            Console.ForegroundColor = white;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding + 2, border + 2);
            string over = " EXAMPLE IS NOW OVER ";
            Console.MoveBufferArea(padding + 3, border + 1, headerWidth - (3 * 2), 1, padding + 3, border + 2, '▒', white, cyan);
            Console.SetCursorPosition((headerWidth / 2) - (over.Length / 2) + padding, border + 2);
            Console.Write(over);

            // The commented code below ↓ will "erase" the 4 lines that was written below the header
            // This would be useful if I didn't write Coding 101 in ASCII, but because I am, then that code will "erase" it.
            //Console.BackgroundColor = white;
            //Console.ForegroundColor = white;
            //Console.MoveBufferArea(border, border + 10, width - (border * 2), 4, border, border + headerHeight + 1);


            Console.BackgroundColor = white;
            Console.ForegroundColor = green;
            padding = ((width - (68 + (border * 2))) / 2) + border;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 1);
            Console.Write(" ██████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗███╗   ██╗ ██████╗      ██╗ ██████╗  ██╗");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 2);
            Console.Write("██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██║████╗  ██║██╔════╝     ███║██╔═████╗███║");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 3);
            Console.Write("██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██║██╔██╗ ██║██║  ███╗    ╚██║██║██╔██║╚██║");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 4);
            Console.Write("██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██║██║╚██╗██║██║   ██║     ██║████╔╝██║ ██║");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 5);
            Console.Write("╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝██║██║ ╚████║╚██████╔╝     ██║╚██████╔╝ ██║");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 6);
            Console.Write(" ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝ ╚═════╝      ╚═╝ ╚═════╝  ╚═╝");

            Console.ForegroundColor = black;
            padding = ((width - (65 + (border * 2))) / 2) + border;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 8);
            Console.Write("╦ ╦┬┌┬┐┬ ┬  ╔═╗┬─┐   ╦═╗┌─┐┌┐ ┌─┐┬─┐┌┬┐  ╔╗ ┌─┐┬  ┬  ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┬─┐");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 9);
            Console.Write("║║║│ │ ├─┤  ╠╣ ├┬┘   ╠╦╝│ │├┴┐├┤ ├┬┘ │   ╠╩╗├─┤│  │  ├┤ │  ├┤ ├┬┘");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 10);
            Console.Write("╚╩╝┴ ┴ ┴ ┴  ╚  ┴└─o  ╩╚═└─┘└─┘└─┘┴└─ ┴   ╚═╝┴ ┴┴─┘┴─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘┴└─");

            padding = ((width - (49 + (border * 2))) / 2) + border;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 11);
            Console.Write("┌─┐┌┐┌┌┬┐  ╔═╗┬ ┬┌─┐┌┐┌┌┐┌┌─┐┌┐┌  ╔╦╗┌─┐┬─┐┌─┐┌─┐");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 12);
            Console.Write("├─┤│││ ││  ╚═╗├─┤├─┤│││││││ ││││  ║║║│ │├┬┘└─┐├┤ ");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 13);
            Console.Write("┴ ┴┘└┘─┴┘  ╚═╝┴ ┴┴ ┴┘└┘┘└┘└─┘┘└┘  ╩ ╩└─┘┴└─└─┘└─┘");

            Console.BackgroundColor = black;
            Console.ForegroundColor = green;
            padding = ((width - (61 + (border * 2))) / 2) + border;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 15);
            Console.Write("  /')  _/_  (   /_ _ _ '  _  --   /       /|/| _ _ _  _ _ _  ");
            Console.SetCursorPosition(padding, border + headerHeight + 16);
            Console.Write(" (__()(/(-  |/|/(// / /()/   --  (__()(/ /   |(// (-_) ( (/  ");
            
            
            Console.BackgroundColor = white;
            Console.ForegroundColor = white;
            Console.SetCursorPosition(border, border + 19); 
            Console.Read(); //Pause, doesn't matter what is written is on a white line so it doesn't show, unless it's more than 80 characters
        }
    }
}