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@@ -53,6 +53,33 @@ You ran your first .NET app. It's a simple app that prints the message "Hello, W
 
 Congratulations! You created a simple .NET application.
 
+## Understand the code
+
+The app consists of a single line of C# code:
+
+```csharp
+Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
+```
+
+Breaking down each part:
+ 
+- `Console` is a built-in .NET type that provides functionality for working with the console.
+- `WriteLine` is a method of `Console` that writes text followed by a new line.
+- `"Hello, World!"` is a string literal, a sequence of characters enclosed in double quotation marks. The text inside the string is what gets displayed in the console.
+- The semicolon (`;`) marks the end of a statement in C#.
+
+## How file-based apps work
+
+When you run the following command:
+
+```dotnetcli
+dotnet hello-world.cs
+```
+
+The .NET SDK automatically compiles the `.cs` file and runs the resulting app in one step. You don't need a project file (`.csproj`) or any extra setup.
+
+File-based apps are useful for learning, experimenting, and writing small utilities. As your applications grow, you'll typically use project-based apps to organize code, dependencies, and configuration.
+
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