Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours

By James Foxall and Wendy Haro-Chun

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Audience and Organization
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Onward and Upward!
  • Part I. The Visual Studio Environment
  • Hour 1. A C# Programming Tour
  • Hour 2. Navigating C#
  • Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
  • Hour 4. Understanding Events
  • Part II. Building a User Interface
  • Hour 5. Building FormsPart I
  • Hour 6. Building FormsPart II
  • Hour 7. Working with the Traditional Controls
  • Hour 8. Advanced Controls
  • Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
  • Hour 10. Drawing and Printing
  • Part III. Making Things HappenProgramming!
  • Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods
  • Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
  • Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
  • Hour 14. Making Decisions in C# Code
  • Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency
  • Hour 16. Debugging Your Code
  • Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes
  • Hour 18. Interacting with Users
  • Part IV. Working with Data
  • Hour 19. Performing File Operations
  • Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
  • Hour 21. Working with a Database
  • Part V. Deploying Solutions and Beyond
  • Hour 22. Deploying a Solution
  • Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development
  • Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
  • Appendix A. Answers to Quizzes/Exercises

Part III: Making Things Happen—Programming!

An attractive interface is useless if it doesn't do something. In this part, you'll get into the nuts and bolts of programming. You'll learn about the C# syntax and how to create reusable code. You'll learn how to make decisions in code and how to build loops. Some or all of these concepts may be new to you, and chances are you'll make mistakes and create bugs. Actually, all developers create bugs, regardless of their skill level. In this part, you'll learn how to use C#'s powerful debugging features to track down and correct problems in your code. Finally, you'll be exposed to object-oriented programming, and you'll learn some very useful techniques for optimizing the user experience in your application.

• Hour 11: Creating and Calling Methods
• Hour 12: Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
• Hour 13: Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
• Hour 14: Making Decisions in C# Code
• Hour 15: Looping for Efficiency
• Hour 16: Debugging Your Code
• Hour 17: Designing Objects Using Classes
• Hour 18: Interacting with Users

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