Introduction to C# 2008 Training (4 days)

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Overview

In this C# training course, students use Visual Studio .NET 2008 to explore the Visual C# 2008 language. The course starts with a quick overview of the .NET platform, examining assemblies, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Visual Studio profiles, XML comments, IntelliSense, and debugging. From there, you will learn all the language features that you must internalize in order to create full-featured Web or Windows applications that make best use of the .NET platform.

You will learn about data types, variables, and operators, along with all the important flow control structures. You will work through several examples demonstrating the power of the .NET Framework 3.5, and dig into creating and consuming your own classes and objects. The course moves on to working with data structures, such as arrays and collection classes, before finishing up with discussions of generics, handling exceptions and working with delegates and events. By the end of this course, you will understand the important basic concepts that will allow you to start creating the applications you need.

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Goals

• Learn to build and debug applications using Visual Studio 2008.
• Learn to create and use variables, operators, and data types.
• Learn to find and use the classes you need within the .NET Framework.
• Learn to manage flow control within your code, branching and looping as needed.
• Learn to create and consume classes and objects.
• Learn to add and consume properties and methods in your classes.
• Make use of .NET's object-oriented features, such as overloading, inheritance and interfaces.
• Learn to store, retrieve, and manipulate multiple values using arrays.
• Learn to work with .NET generics.
• Learn to make best use of the .NET Framework's support for collection classes.
• Learn to handle exceptions in your code.
• Learn to create and use delegates, and understand how they relate to events.

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial.

• JavaScript or Java
• General Programming Experience

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Outline

1. Getting Started with .NET
   1. Thinking about .NET
   2. Using Visual Studio 2008
   3. Debugging Your Code and Handling Exceptions
   4. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   5. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   6. Catching Specific Exceptions
   7. Raising Errors
   8. Running Code Unconditionally
   9. Creating Exception Classes
2. Data Types and Variables
   1. Introducing Variables and Data Types
   2. Working with Variables and Data Types
   3. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   4. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   5. Catching Specific Exceptions
   6. Raising Errors
   7. Running Code Unconditionally
   8. Creating Exception Classes
3. Using the .NET Framework
   1. Using .NET Framework Classes
   2. Working with Strings
   3. Working with Dates and Times
   4. The My Namespace
   5. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   6. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   7. Catching Specific Exceptions
   8. Raising Errors
   9. Running Code Unconditionally
   10. Creating Exception Classes
4. Branching and Flow Control
   1. Conditional Branching
   2. Repeating Code Blocks
   3. Unconditional Branching
   4. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   5. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   6. Catching Specific Exceptions
   7. Raising Errors
   8. Running Code Unconditionally
   9. Creating Exception Classes
5. Classes and Objects
   1. Introducing Objects and Classes
   2. Creating Your Own Class
   3. Working with Classes
   4. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   5. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   6. Catching Specific Exceptions
   7. Raising Errors
   8. Running Code Unconditionally
   9. Creating Exception Classes
6. Properties and Methods
   1. Working with Properties
   2. Working with Methods
   3. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   4. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   5. Catching Specific Exceptions
   6. Raising Errors
   7. Running Code Unconditionally
   8. Creating Exception Classes
7. Object-Oriented Techniques
   1. Inheritance
   2. Interfaces
   3. Organizing Classes
   4. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   5. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   6. Catching Specific Exceptions
   7. Raising Errors
   8. Running Code Unconditionally
   9. Creating Exception Classes
8. Working with Arrays
   1. Introducing Arrays
   2. Manipulating Arrays
   3. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   4. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   5. Catching Specific Exceptions
   6. Raising Errors
   7. Running Code Unconditionally
   8. Creating Exception Classes
9. Delegates and Events
   1. Motivating Delegates
   2. Introducing Delegates
   3. Working with Events
   4. Perspectives and Exception Handling
   5. Getting Started with Exception Handling
   6. Catching Specific Exceptions
   7. Raising Errors
   8. Running Code Unconditionally
   9. Creating Exception Classes
10. Generics
    1. Introducing Generics
    2. Generics and Arrays
    3. Generic Interfaces
    4. Generic Constraints
    5. Generics and Lists
    6. Perspectives and Exception Handling
    7. Getting Started with Exception Handling
    8. Catching Specific Exceptions
    9. Raising Errors
    10. Running Code Unconditionally
    11. Creating Exception Classes
11. Handling Exceptions
    1. Perspectives and Exception Handling
    2. Getting Started with Exception Handling
    3. Catching Specific Exceptions
    4. Raising Errors
    5. Running Code Unconditionally
    6. Creating Exception Classes
12. Collection Classes
    1. Generics, Collections, and Interfaces
    2. The Generic List
    3. Working with Dictionaries, Stacks, and Queues
    4. Creating Your Own Generic Collection Classes

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Materials

In addition to a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples, each student will also receive a one-year subscription to Webucator's online reference library, which contains hundreds of the most current electronic technology books - a $149.95 per student value.

Introduction to C# 2008 Course Technical Requirements and Setup Instructions

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