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
    • The .NET Framework
    • Common Language Runtime ( CLR )
    • Microsoft Intermediate Language
    • Namespaces
    • Common Type System
    • Garbage Collection
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Appendix A. Answers to Quizzes/Exercises

Q&A

1. The .NET Framework seems incredibly complex and daunting. How should I go about learning it?

   I wouldn't recommend that you attempt to learn the entire framework; I have no plans to do so, either. Instead, focus on areas of interest or research facets of the framework as the need arises. For instance, if security is very important to you, learn about System.Security. Attempting to learn everything you can about the framework may not be as productive as spending your time mastering user-interface design and general programming skills.

2. Does an end user have to have the Common Language Runtime on his or her computer to run my .NET application?

   Yes. In Hour 22, "Deploying a Solution," I discussed how to deploy a solution, as well as how to include the Common Language Runtime. If you know for a fact that your end user has the runtime, you can remove it from your setup, vastly reducing the size of your setup program.

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