C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies

C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies

Released January 2013
Publisher(s): For Dummies
ISBN: 9781118385364

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Book description

800+ pages of top-notch coverage; perfect for learning the fundamentals of C#!

C# is a complex programming language for building .NET-connected software for Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, the Web, and a wide range of devices. Today's developers use it to develop Azure and Windows Phone apps, and Android applications using Mono. Novice programmers can get up and running quickly on C# using this practical guide. Crammed with 800+ pages of information, this all-in-one book helps you quickly create a C# program while learning C# and object-oriented programming fundamentals, Windows and Windows phone programming, and more.

  • Helps novice programmers learn C# programming and create their first C# program

  • Explains how to create Windows applications with C# and Visual Studio

  • Delves into Windows Phone programming, as well as object-oriented programming basics

  • Covers debugging, errors, comparisons with C++ and Java, classes and arrays, variables, and more

  • Includes access to a companion website with sample code and bonus materials

Everything you need to make the move to C# programming is right here, in C# 2012 All-in-One For Dummies.

Note: The ebook version does not provide access to the companion files.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Book I: The Basics of C# Programming
    1. Chapter 1: Creating Your First C# Console Application
    2. Chapter 2: Living with Variability - Declaring Value-Type Variables
    3. Chapter 3: Pulling Strings
    4. Chapter 4: Smooth Operators
    5. Chapter 5: Getting into the Program Flow
    6. Chapter 6: Lining Up Your Ducks with Collections
    7. Chapter 7: Stepping through Collections
    8. Chapter 8: Buying Generic
    9. Chapter 9: Some Exceptional Exceptions
  6. Book II: Object-Oriented C# Programming
    1. Chapter 1: Object-Oriented Programming - What's It All About?
    2. Chapter 2: Showing Some Class
    3. Chapter 3: We Have Our Methods
    4. Chapter 4: Let Me Say This about this
    5. Chapter 5: Holding a Class Responsible
    6. Chapter 6: Inheritance: Is That All I Get?
    7. Chapter 7: Poly-what-ism?
    8. Chapter 8: Interfacing with the Interface
    9. Chapter 9: Delegating Those Important Events
    10. Chapter 10: Can I Use Your Namespace in the Library?
    11. Chapter 11: Improving Productivity with Named and Optional Parameters
  7. Book III: Designing for C#
    1. Chapter 1: Writing Secure Code
    2. Chapter 2: Accessing Data
    3. Chapter 3: Fishing the FileStream
    4. Chapter 4: Accessing the Internet
    5. Chapter 5: Creating Images
    6. Chapter 6: Programming Dynamically!
    7. Chapter 7: Helping Out with Interop
  8. Book IV: A Tour of Visual Studio
    1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Studio
    2. Chapter 2: Using the Interface
    3. Chapter 3: Customizing Visual Studio
    4. Chapter 4: Transforming Text Templates
  9. Book V: Windows Development with WPF
    1. Chapter 1: Introducing WPF
    2. Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics of WPF
    3. Chapter 3: Data Binding in WPF
    4. Chapter 4: Practical WPF
  10. Book VI: Web Development with ASP.NET
    1. Chapter 1: Looking at How ASP.NET Works with C#
    2. Chapter 2: Building Web Applications
    3. Chapter 3: Controlling Your Development Experience
    4. Chapter 4: Leveraging the .NET Framework
    5. Chapter 5: Digging into Web Construction
  11. Book VII: Service-Oriented Development
    1. Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Web Services
    2. Chapter 2: Building Web Services with ASMX
    3. Chapter 3: Building Web Services with WCF
    4. Chapter 4: Building Web Services with REST
  12. Cheat Sheet

Product information

  • Title: C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: January 2013
  • Publisher(s): For Dummies
  • ISBN: 9781118385364