Introduction to Programming

After completing this course, students will gain the skills to:

• explain core programming fundamentals such as computer storage and processing
• explain computer number systems such as binary
• create and use variables and constants in programs
• explain how to create and use functions in a program
• create and use decisions structures in a computer program
• create and use repetition (loops) in a computer program
• explain pseudo-code and its role in programming
• explain the basic computer data structures such as arrays, lists, stacks, and queues
• implement object-oriented programming concepts
• create and use classes in a computer program
• implement encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism
• describe the base class library (BCL) in the .NET Framework
• explain the application security concepts
• implement simple I/O in a computer program
• identify application errors and explain how to debug an application and handle errors
• identify the performance considerations for applications.

Important Course Information Important Course Information

• Requirements
  • Basic computer skills including the use of the Windows operating system and accessing Web application and other computer programs
• Recommended Experience
  • Some prior programming experience
• Software
  • This course uses Visual Studio 2017 but is useful to those using an earlier version

Requirements Requirements

• Basic computer skills including the use of the Windows operating system and accessing Web application and other computer programs

Recommended Experience Recommended Experience

• Some prior programming experience

Software Software

• This course uses Visual Studio 2017 but is useful to those using an earlier version

• .NET Programming Fundamentals

Principles of Programming

• Writing a procedural program
• Transitioning to the object oriented philosophy
• Coding using fundamental C# or VB syntax and semantics
• Reviewing, compiling and executing a programme in Visual Studio

Using Visual Studio

• Creating projects and solutions
• Editing and compiling a programme
• Running a console application

• VB and C# Language Syntax

Coding object–oriented applications

• Dividing code into classes
• Adding fields, methods and properties
• Defining code layout and limiting scope
• Instantiating objects

Working with data types and conversions

• Strings
• Dates and time
• Integers
• Real numbers
• Booleans
• Performing calculations with mathematical operators
• Converting between data types

Controlling programme execution

• IF statements
• Writing complex criteria expressions
• CASE (switch) statements
• For...Next loops
• Do While...loops

• Programming Web Applications with ASP.NET

Constructing ASP.NET websites with Visual Studio

• Writing HTML pages and forms
• Maintaining consistency with Master Pages
• Designing pages with ASP.NET controls
• Styling sites with ASP.NET themes

Processing ASP.NET Web Forms

• Displaying data and gathering user input Activating
• Web Forms with events Maintaining variables with sessions
• Styling using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

• Accessing Relational Databases

Relational database concepts

• Employing databases for fast, efficient storage
• Selecting, inserting, updating and deleting query syntax

Creating a SQL Server database

• Adding tables, fields and indexes
• Defining primary and foreign key relationships

Accessing the database with Entity Framework

• Connecting to the database
• Storing user information
• Retrieving existing records
• Updating and saving user information
• Adding and deleting records

• More Object Oriented Programming

Object Oriented Programme Layout

• Encapsulating data
• Ensuring proper object creation using constructors
• Extending classes using inheritance
• Overriding using virtual functions

Code Quality and Error Handling

• Ensuring type safety with enums
• Throwing and handling exceptions
• Try...Catch...Finally error handling
• Commenting code