Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours

929 Pages·2012·17.39 MB·English

by  Scott J. Dorman

Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24
Hours
Scott J. Dorman
800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46240 USA
Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: C# Fundamentals
Hour 1 The .NET Framework and C#
2 Introducing Visual Studio
3 Understanding C# Types
4 Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way
5 Inheritance, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes
6 Creating Enumerated Types and Structures
7 Events and Event Handling
Part II: Programming in C#
Hour 8 Controlling Program Flow
9 Using Strings and Regular Expressions
10 Working with Arrays and Collections
11 Handling Errors Using Exceptions
12 Understanding Generics
13 Understanding Query Expressions
Part III: Working with Data
Hour 14 Using Files and Streams
15 Working with XML
16 Working with Databases
Part IV: Building an Application Using Visual Studio
Hour 17 Building a Windows Application
18 Using Data Binding and Validation
19 Building Windows Store Apps
20 Building a Web Application
Part V: Diving Deeper
Hour 21 Programming with Attributes
22 Dynamic Types and Language Interoperability
23 Memory Organization and Garbage Collection
24 Understanding Threads, Concurrency, and Parallelism
Index
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: C# Fundamentals
Hour 1: The .NET Framework and C#
The .NET Framework
The C# Language
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 2: Introducing Visual Studio
Introducing the Visual Studio Editions
Writing Your First Program
Debugging in Visual Studio
Visualizing Data
Commenting Your Code
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 3: Understanding C# Types
An Overview of Types
The C# Predefined Types
Other Commonly Used Types
Working with Operators
Default Values
Null and Nullable Types
Casting and Conversion
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 4: Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way
Object-Oriented Programming
Component-Oriented Programming
Classes in C#
Scope and Declaration Space
Nested Classes
Partial Classes
Static Classes
Object Initializers
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 5: Inheritance, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes
Inheritance and Polymorphism
Abstract Classes and Members
Working with Interfaces
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 6: Creating Enumerated Types and Structures
Enumerated Types
Working with Structures
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 7: Events and Event Handling
Understanding Events
Subscribing and Unsubscribing
Publishing an Event
Raising an Event
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Part II: Programming in C#
Hour 8: Controlling Program Flow
Understanding the Selection Statements
Iteration Statements
Jump Statements
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
Hour 9: Using Strings and Regular Expressions
Strings
Mutable Strings Using StringBuilder
Type Formatting
Regular Expressions
Summary
Q&A