XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a function in VisualStudio and other code editors, which reads your XML comments whenever you run your program to generate a XML file. If done correctly, this file will describe your code’s functions in detail, serving as a powerful and easy way to provide documentation for your code. Other programs can also read the XML files and use them. For stuff.

Generating the XML Documentation File

By default, VisualStudio does not generate a XML file for your code. To enable this, right-click your project file (.csproj) in the Solution Explorer and click Edit Project File.

Then add the following tag to the <PropertyGroup> tag and save the file ctrl+s

<PropertyGroup>
  <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
</PropertyGroup>

Now add XML comments to your C# code in your project class and program files. The correct syntax for XML comments can be found in : Documentation Types

Your XML file will now be located in the directory of your project bin\\Debug\\net8.0\\.. and will be named after your project with the filetype xml Full path would for example be: bin\\Debug\\net8.0\\DNA.xml