C# Programming Level 1: Introduction for Programmers

Section 1: Introduction to Visual Studio How to get started with Visual Studio Introduction to the .NET Framework A tour of the Visual Studio IDE How to test a project How to design a Windows Forms Application Visual Studio Options and Settings Creating new projects How to code and test a Windows Forms Application Introduction to object-oriented programming Properties, methods, and events How an application responds to events Coding a form How to run, test, and debug a project Section 2: The C# language essentials How to Work with Numeric and String Data Built-in value types Declaring and initializing variables and constants Arithmetic expressions Assignment statements Casting Using the Math class How to code control structures Boolean expressions Conditional statements Loops How to code methods and event handlers Coding and calling methods Parameterizing methods Refactoring code into a method Passing arguments by value and by reference to a method How to handle exceptions and validate data How exceptions work Using Structured exception handling Validating data How to use Arrays and Collections One-dimensional arrays Multi-dimensional arrays Jagged arrays Collections Section 3: Object-Oriented Programming How to create and use classes Introduction to classes Adding classes to a project Adding class members Fields Properties Methods Constructors Static Members Diagraming classes Structures How to work with Inheritance How inheritance works Creating base and derived (sub) classes Polymorphism Section 4: Database Programming An introduction to database programming Components of a client/server system Introduction to relational databases Using SQL Introduction to ADO.NET How to use ADO.NET to write your own data access code (If Time Permits) Connections and Commands Paramaterized SQL Statements Executing Commands