Sams Teach Yourself C# in 21 Days

by Jones, Bradley L.

• ISBN13: 9780672320712
• ISBN10: 0672320711
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

This book will take you, step by step, through learning C#, the computer industry's newest and most productive language. This complete guide covers topics from basic program construction to intermediate level application engineering. Following "21 days" formula, this book is a three week intensive course for the beginning programmer who wishes to get started with this exiting new coding standard. The comprehensive lesson plan will enable the reader to understand, design and build applications that are compatible with the new Microsoft .net framework.

Author Biography

Bradley L. Jones is the site manager for a number of high-profile developer sites¿including CodeGuru.com, Developer.com, and Javascripts.com¿and an executive editor of internet.com's EarthWeb channel. Bradley has been working with C# longer than most developers, because he was invited to Microsoft prior to the official beta release. Bradley's background includes experience developing in C, C++, PowerBuilder, SQL Server, and numerous other tools and technologies. Additionally, he is an internationally best-selling author who wrote the original 21 Days book: Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Week 1 At a Glance	5	(204)
Getting Started with C#	7	(22)
Understanding C# Programs	29	(20)
Storing Information with Variables	49	(30)
Working with Operators	79	(30)
Control Statements	109	(28)
Classes	137	(24)
Class Methods and Member Functions	161	(48)
In Review	193	(16)
Week 2 At a Glance	209	(218)
Advanced Data Storage: Structures, Enumerators, and Arrays	211	(32)
Advanced Method Access	243	(30)
Handling Exceptions	273	(28)
Inheritance	301	(36)
Better Input and Output	337	(32)
Interfaces	369	(20)
Indexers, Delegates, and Events	389	(38)
In Review	413	(14)
Week 3 At a Glance	427	(308)
Using the .NET Bases Classes	429	(30)
Creating Windows Forms	459	(36)
Creating Windows Applications	495	(40)
Web Development	535	(28)
Two D's in C#---Directives and Debugging	563	(18)
Operator Overloading	581	(24)
A Day for Reflection and Attributes	605	(130)
In Review	629	(2)
Appendixes
A Answers	631	(80)
B C# Keywords	711	(14)
C C# Command-Line Compiler Flags	725	(6)
D Understanding Different Number Systems	731	(4)
Index	735