Microsoft C#.Net: Learning to Program Using C#.Net

Course Overview

C# is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language. C# has evolved form the C family of languages and has a syntax very similar to C, C++, and also Java.

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Audience

This course is aimed at people requiring a comprehensive introduction/intermediate knowledge of the key features of the C# language.

Prerequisites

• Basic background in programming and knowledge of programming principals as covered by PTR's Fundamentals of Computer Programming using Java Course.

Course Outline

• Arithmetic and expressions
• Integer data types
• Real or floating point data types
• Decimal data types

Overview

• C# History
• Languages and Standards

Language Concepts

• Independent Compilation
• Separate Compilation
• Concrete Data Types
• Abstract Data Types
• Dynamic arrays
• Polymorphism
• Numeric Polymorphism
• General Polymorphism
• Structured Programming
• Stepwise Refinement
• Information Hiding ? Modules
• Pointers and References
• Operator Overloading
• Threads and Multitasking
• Exception Handling
• Object Oriented Programming
• Meyer's Approach
• Rumbaugh et al
• Development Environments
• Graphical Development Tools
• Software Components
• COM, OLE, ActiveX
• JavaBeans
• C# Concepts and Terminology
• Classes
• Constants
• Fields
• Methods
• Properties
• Events
• Indexers
• Instance constructors
• Destructors
• Static constructors
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Delegates
• Attributes

An Introduction to C#

• Program Development
• Hello World
• Hello World using Developer Studio
• Console Application
• Simple text i/o
• Simple numeric i/o
• On-Line Documentation

Arithmetic and Expressions in C#

• Integral types
• Floating point types
• The decimal type
• Math Members
• Operators
• Simple Expression Evaluation
• Floating point arithmetic.
• Numeric formatting
• Escapes and Literals

Some more on C# data types

• bool
• Characters and strings in C# - Unicode
• char
• Value and Reference Types
• Enum types
• Other C# types
• Struct types
• Class types
• Object types
• Array types

Strings

• String Constructors, Fields, Methods, Operators and Properties

Arrays In C#

• Simple one dimensional (1 d) array using for statement
• Simple 1 d array using foreach statement
• Array initialisation
• Simple 2 d array
• Arrays of arrays
• Ragged arrays
• Array Member List
• Public Static (Shared) Methods
• Public Instance Properties
• Public Instance Methods
• Protected Instance Constructors
• Protected Instance Methods

Control Structures

• Statements
• labeled statement
• declaration statement
• embedded statement
• End points and reachability
• Blocks
• Statement lists
• The empty statement
• Labeled statements
• Declaration statements
• Expression statements
• Checked and unchecked statements
• The lock statement
• The using statement
• Compound Statement or Block
• Expression
• Iteration statements
• while
• foreach examples
• Jump statements
• break examples
• continue examples
• goto
• return
• Jump example
• try, catch and throw

Input and Output

• Text i/o using the Console class
• Numeric i/o using the Console class
• Text i/o from files using the StreamReader class
• Numeric i/o from files using the StreamReader class
• Reading a file name from standard input
• Reading a file name from the command line
• Using StreamReader and StreamWriter with hard coded file names
• Reading a file from a web server
• Reading tabular data from a text file
• The System.Console Class
• The StreamReader Class
• The System.IO.File Class

Exceptions

• The Exception Hierarchy
• Single Public Fields
• Public Methods
• Integer Arithmetic Exceptions Examples
• Floating point Examples

Threads

• Basic thread syntax
• Using sleep
• Threads and static variables
• Threads with static variables and locked sections
• Threads with start, suspend and resume
• Thread priority
• Thread states

Structs in C#

• Basic struct syntax
• Simple struct example - dates

CLASSES I

Classes

• Basic Class syntax
• Examples
• Greatest Common Divider
• Recursion in C#
• Checked arithmetic
• Using try and catch
• Date Class
• Arrays of Dates
• Inheritance - Virtual Date Base Class
• Parameter Passing
• Passing by ref and out
• Notes
• Instance and Static members
• Instance and Member Example

CLASSES II

Static Classes

Partial Classes

Object Initialisers

An Introduction to the System.Collections Namespace

• Names and Telephone Numbers using the Hashtable Class
• Names and Telephone Numbers using the SortedList Class
• A Spelling Checker
• Spelling Checker 2

Generics

• Generic Collections
• Collection Initialisers
• Generic Methods
• Generic Classes

LINQ- Language Integrated Query

• Linq and Classes
• Linq and Collections
• Linq and SQL

Operator Overloading

• Complex in other languages
• Simple example using the float data type
• Simple example using the double data type
• Supporting mixed mode complex arithmetic using implicit type conversions
• Supporting mixed mode complex arithmetic using explicit type conversions
• Arrays of Complex Numbers

An Introduction to Windows Programming

• The .Net IDE
• Other Languages and the .Net Environment
• Visual Development
• The Toolbox
• The Form
• The Solutions Window
• The Properties Window
• Buttons and event handling using a MessageBox control
• Getting help when writing programs
• Running the program
• Using TextBoxes to get user input
• Using RichTextBoxes to display program output
• Using a PictureBox to display a graphics image
• Selecting a file with the OpenFileDialog control
• Text and Graphics using GDI+
• GDI+
• Creating Graphical Images with GDI+
• Rendering with GDI+
• 2-D Vector Graphics
• Imaging
• Text and Typography
• Coordinate systems
• The OnPaint method and parameters
• Graphics objects
• Simple graphics example using the DrawLine method
• Plotting sines and cosines - default coordinate system
• Plotting sine and cosine with alternate coordinate system
• Simple text example
• Sum of three numbers
• BMI Calculations

Additional Language Features

• Events and Event Handling
• Interfaces
• Attributes
• Delegates
• Windows Programming
• The Scribble Example
• Namespaces
• Assemblies and Versioning