A 16-Hour C# Course with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Course Outline

• Introduction
  • Getting Visual Studio (2:40)
• Learning The Fundamentals
  • Configuring the Layout of Visual Studio (2:58)
  • Create And Run A Simple Program (7:54)
  • Creating And Understanding Blocks Of Code (6:08)
  • Formatting Output Strings (6:13)
  • Basic Variables (4:32)
  • What's a Data Type, and Why Are They Needed (6:38)
  • Doing Simple Math With Variables (8:09)
  • Understanding What It Means To Divide Integers And What It Means To Divide Doubles (5:38)
  • Dividing Two Integer Data Types (5:02)
  • Reading Input (7:18)
  • Basic Data Casting (6:42)
  • Constants, And How They Are Used (5:27)
• Program Flow
  • Checking Simple Conditions With If (5:36)
  • Checking Simple Conditions With If/Else Blocks (3:42)
  • Making A Variable Grow By 1 (3:16)
  • Repeating Blocks Of Code With While Loops (4:40)
  • If/Else Blocks with Multiple Options (5:08)
  • Examining Multiple Options With Switch Blocks (5:40)
  • Repeating Blocks Of Code With For Loops (6:08)
  • Going Thru Collections With Foreach Loops (4:45)
  • Do While Loops (8:38)
  • Controlling Useful While Loops With Continue (7:49)
• Operators
  • And Operator (8:30)
  • Or Operator (5:22)
  • Operators That Evaluate and Assign, and Nesting Control Structures (12:19)
  • Reversing Truth Values With The Logical Negation Operator (9:22)
  • The Ternary Operator (11:00)
  • Joining Logical Operators To Produce More Powerful Code (6:06)
• Arrays and More
  • Create And Run A Simple Method (4:55)
  • Create And Run A Method That Accepts And Returns Values (6:33)
  • Defining and Using Basic Arrays (9:05)
  • Working With Arrays And Loops (8:56)
  • Reference Type Variables, and Creating Random Numbers (6:53)
  • Using The "ref" Modifier in Function Calls (5:13)
  • Using Out Parameters to Return Multiple Values From Functions (7:45)
  • Multidimensional Arrays (8:13)
  • Creating And Using Jagged Arrays (6:47)
  • Params Keyword in Function Headers (4:40)
  • Enumerations
  • Creating More Stable Code With TryParse (6:09)
• Fundamentals of Objected Oriented Programming
  • Create A Simple Class With A Constructor (9:38)
  • Create A Class With A Constructor and A Method (9:19)
  • Create A Class With A Method And A Property (7:37)
  • Create A Static Class To Reprsent A Collection Of Methods (7:16)
  • Creating A Simple Inheritance Hierarchy To Write Less Code (16:00)
  • Virtual Methods (12:48)
  • Dynamic Data Typing
  • Difference Between Dynamic and Var.
  • "IS A" Relationships in Object Oriented Programming
  • Creating and Using Virtual Methods To Write Less Code
  • Abstract Classes, and Functions
  • Improving On Arrays With Lists
  • Using Polymorphism to write less code
  • Using Custom Types as Parameter Data Types
  • Overloading Operators
  • Encapsulating Functions With Delegates
  • Chaining Functions Together With Actions
  • Responding To Events With Delegates
  • Coding and Implementing Interfaces
  • The Power of Generic Interfaces
  • Access Modifiers
  • Cleaning Strings
  • Events With Simple Forms and Partial Classes
• Error Handling
  • Try-Catch-Finally Blocks In Graphical Apps
  • Multiple Catch Blocks
• Project With Object Class Functions And Graphics
  • Overriding Object Equals And Get Hash Code
  • Designing The User Interface, And Applying String Functions
• Miscellaneous Topics
  • Turning Objects Into Arrays With Indexers
  • Writing And Reading Files, Very Simple Example
  • Controlling Low Level Access With Using Statements
  • Reading and Writing Files, Graphical Example
  • Conditional Functions
  • Nullable Data Types, and Named Parameters
  • Create a Dynamic Link Library and Reference It
  • Fully Qualified Names
  • Display All the Files and Folders in A Directory
  • Build a Simple Web Browser
• Modern Language Features
  • Create and Use A Generic Class
  • List
  • Build A Custom Type Database With Generics
  • Using Generic Dictionaries, and A Project
  • Lambda Expressions,and Lambda Statements
  • Func Notation For Lambda Expressions, and Dynamic Variables
• Database and LINQ Basics
  • Download and Install SQL Server 2014 Express
  • Write Code for Connecting to Databases
  • Search Through Generic Lists With Linq
  • Using Lambda Expressions in Linq Queries
  • Use LINQ with XML
  • Use Linq To Search For Words In A Graphical Application
• WPF Basics
  • Simple WPF App
  • Controlling Columns and Rows
  • Create a Simple GUI For Displaying Files
  • Create a More Sophisticated WPF App
• Threading and Asynchrony
  • Create, Run, Suspend and Join Threads
  • Simulate A Windows Screen Saver With Threading
  • Async and Await For Asynchrony
• Build A Text Editor
  • Make The User Interface and Add an Open Dialog
  • Add a Dialog for Saving
  • Add Printing, Previewing, and Printing To Files
• Miscellanious
  • Connect A Windows Form To SQL Server With Navigation
  • Serialization Example
• Small Dashboard Project
  • Build The User Interface, and Synchronize The Controls
  • Add Combox That Gives Preview Of All Tables
• Student Answers To Programming Competitions
  • Questions and Student Solutions
• Wrap Up
  • Next Steps
• A Few Small Projects
  • Using Progress Bars
  • Saving And Restoring Control Values
  • Drawing Rectangle, Circles, and Handling Simple Mouse Events
  • Using File Open Dialog With List Boxes
  • Much More Detailed Example Of Event Handling
  • Create A Simple Image Browser
• Features of C# 6.0
  • Expression Bodied Members and Static Usings
  • Automatic Properties, and String Interpolation
• Additional Lessons
  • Save Images From File To SQL Server
  • Using C# With IronPython
  • Creating, Altering, And Dropping Stored Procedures
  • Collection Of Editor Tips