var myHelloWorldApp = AssemblyDefinition.CreateAssembly( new AssemblyNameDefinition("HelloWorld", new Version(1, 0, 0, 0)), "HelloWorld", ModuleKind.Console); var module = myHelloWorldApp.MainModule; // create the program type and add it to the module var programType = new TypeDefinition("HelloWorld", "Program", Mono.Cecil.TypeAttributes.Class | Mono.Cecil.TypeAttributes.Public, module.TypeSystem.Object); module.Types.Add(programType); // add an empty constructor var ctor = new MethodDefinition(".ctor", Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.Public | Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.HideBySig | Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.SpecialName | Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.RTSpecialName, module.TypeSystem.Void); // create the constructor's method body var il = ctor.Body.GetILProcessor(); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)); // call the base constructor il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Call, module.Import(typeof(object).GetConstructor(Array.Empty<Type>())))); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Nop)); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Ret)); programType.Methods.Add(ctor); // define the 'Main' method and add it to 'Program' var mainMethod = new MethodDefinition("Main", Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.Public | Mono.Cecil.MethodAttributes.Static, module.TypeSystem.Void); programType.Methods.Add(mainMethod); // add the 'args' parameter var argsParameter = new ParameterDefinition("args", Mono.Cecil.ParameterAttributes.None, module.Import(typeof(string[]))); mainMethod.Parameters.Add(argsParameter); // create the method body il = mainMethod.Body.GetILProcessor(); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Nop)); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Ldstr, "Hello World")); var writeLineMethod = il.Create(OpCodes.Call, module.Import(typeof(Console).GetMethod("WriteLine", new[] { typeof(string) }))); // call the method il.Append(writeLineMethod); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Nop)); il.Append(il.Create(OpCodes.Ret)); // set the entry point and save the module myHelloWorldApp.EntryPoint = mainMethod; myHelloWorldApp.Write("HelloWorld.exe");