Application Development Fundamentals

• Overview of Programming Concepts
• Understanding the Structure of a C# Program
• Understanding Data Types
• Working with Variables
• Reading From and Writing to the Console
• Overview of the .NET Framework
• Using Visual Studio
• Thinking Like a Programmer
• Designing Algorithms
• Finding Patterns in Code

Managing the Flow of an Application

• Conditional Constructs
• Working with if/else Constructs
• Working with switch
• Looping Constructs
• Working with while Constructs
• Working with for and foreach
• Thinking Like a Programmer
• Making Decisions
• Designing Loops

Working with Data

• Using Integer Data Types
• Using Floating Point Data Types
• Using Characters and Strings
• Using Dates
• Using Booleans
• Working with Constants and Literals

Using Procedures to Modularize Code

• Defining and Calling Subroutines
• Defining and Calling Functions
• Understanding Variable Scope
• Overloading Procedures
• Passing Parameters
• Understanding by value vs by reference Parameters
• Understanding the Call Stack
• Thinking Like a Programmer
• Finding the Procedures
• Refactoring
• Improving Productivity with Snippets

Object-Oriented Programming

• Understanding Object-Oriented Concepts
• Designing Classes
• Coding Properties and Methods
• Initializing Objects with Constructors
• Overloading Constructors
• Declaring and Instantiating Objects
• Calling Properties and Methods
• Understanding Value Types vs. Reference Types
• Working with Shared Data Members and Methods
• Thinking Like a Programmer
• Finding your Classes

Understanding Namespaces

• Understanding the Role of Namespaces
• Understanding .NET Namespaces
• Defining Custom Namespaces
• Referencing Members in a Namespace
• Using the using Statement

Working with Data Collections

• Understanding Arrays
• Declaring and Instantiating Arrays
• Iterating through Arrays
• Working with System.Array Methods
• Copying, Sorting, Searching and Resizing
• Passing Arrays to Methods
• Working with param array Parameters
• Working with Command-line Arguments
• Understanding .NET Collections
• Managing Data Using List
• Managing Data Using Dictionary<TKey, TValue>
• Working with LINQ
• Making LINQ Queries
• Enumerating LINQ Query Results
• Working with Anonymous Types
• Using Extension Methods with LINQ

Building Inheritance Hierarchies

• Understanding Inheritance
• Building Derived Classes
• Understanding Constructors in Derived Classes
• Defining and Using Protected Class Members
• Understanding Polymorphism
• Defining Overridable Methods
• Overriding Methods
• Understanding Abstract Classes
• Defining Abstract Classes
• Inheriting from Abstract Classes

Building GUIs with Windows Forms

• Overview of Windows Forms
• Designing Forms
• Working with Controls
• Using Labels and Textboxes
• Using Buttons
• Using Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
• Using Menus
• Using List Controls
• Handling Events

Accessing Databases Using ADO.NET

• Understanding the ADO.NET Object Model
• Opening Connections
• Executing Queries Using Commands
• Iterating Through Results Using DataReaders
• Calling Stored Procedures
• Passing Parameters to Stored Procedures
• Working with DataSets
• Binding Data to Controls

Exception Handling

• Understanding Exception Handling
• Using try/catch to Handle Exceptions
• Working with the Exception Class
• Understanding Exception Propagation
• Using finally to Manage Cleanup Processing
• Throwing Exceptions

Working with Files, Directories and Streams

• Using the System.IO Namespace
• Discovering Drives
• Working with Directories
• Working with Files
• Parsing a File Path
• Understanding Streams
• Working with FileStream
• Reading and Writing Text Files
• Understanding other Types of Streams

Working with Strings

• Working with the String Class
• Working with String Literals and Escape Sequences
• Understanding String Manipulation Performance Issues
• Working with the StringBuilder Class
• Formatting Output with String.Format

Building N-Tier Applications

• Building Large Scale Applications
• Designing N-Tier Applications
• Building .NET Assemblies
• Referencing Assemblies