C# Fundamentals

• C#’s Family Tree
• The Evolution of C#
• How C# Relates to the .NET Framework
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Creating, Compiling, and Running Your First C# Program
• The First Example Program Line by Line
• Handling Syntax Errors
• A Small Variation
• Using a Variable
• The double Data Type
• Two Control Statements
• Using Blocks of Code
• Semicolons and Positioning The C# Keywords
• Identifiers
• The C# Class Library

Introducing Data Types and Operators

• Why Data Types Are Important
• C#’s Value Types
• Floating-Point Types
• The decimal Type
• Characters
• The bool Type
• Some Output Options
• Literals A Closer Look at Variables
• The Scope and Lifetime of Variables
• Operators
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational and Logical Operators
• The Assignment Operator
• Casting Incompatible Types
• Operator Precedence
• Type Conversion in Expressions

Program Control Statements

• Inputting Characters from the Keyboard
• The if Statement
• The switch Statement
• The for Loop
• The while Loop
• The do-while Loop
• Use break to Exit a Loop
• Use continue
• The goto
• Nested Loops

Introducing Classes, Objects, and Methods

• Class Fundamentals
• How Objects Are Created
• How Objects Are Created
• Reference Variables and Assignment
• Methods
• Constructors
• The new Operator Revisited
• Garbage Collection and Destructors
• The this Keyword

More Data Types and Operators

• Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Jagged Arrays
• Assign Array References
• Use the Length Property with Arrays
• Create an Implicitly Typed Array
• The foreach Loop
• Strings
• The Bitwise Operators
• The ? Operator

A Closer Look at Methods and Classes

• Controlling Access to Class Members
• Pass an Object Reference to a Method
• Using ref and out Parameters
• Using a Variable Number of Arguments
• Returning Objects
• Method Overloading
• Overloading Constructors
• The Main( ) Method
• Recursion
• Understanding static
• Static Constructors and Classes

Operator Overloading, Indexers, and Properties

• Operator Overloading
• Indexers
• Properties
• Use an Access Modifier with an Accessor

Inheritance

• Inheritance Basics
• Member Access and Inheritance
• Using Protected Access
• Constructors and Inheritance
• Inheritance and Name Hiding
• Creating a Multilevel Hierarchy
• When Are Constructors Called?
• Base Class References and Derived Objects
• Virtual Methods and Overriding
• Using Abstract Classes
• Using sealed to Prevent Inheritance
• The object Class

Interfaces, Structures, and Enumerations

• Interfaces
• Using Interface References
• Interface Properties
• Interface Indexers
• Interfaces Can Be Inherited
• Interfaces Can Be Inherited
• Explicit Implementations
• Structures
• Enumerations

Exception Handling

• The System.Exception Class
• Exception-Handling Fundamentals
• The Consequences of an Uncaught Exception
• Exceptions Let You Handle Errors Gracefully
• Using Multiple catch Clauses
• Catching All Exceptions
• Try Blocks Can Be Nested
• Throwing an Exception
• Using finally
• A Closer Look at Exception
• Deriving Exception Classes
• Catching Derived Class Exceptions
• Using checked and unchecked
• Using I/O
• C#’s I/O Is Built Upon Streams
• The Stream Classes
• Console I/O
• FileStream and Byte-Oriented File I/O
• Character-Based File I/O
• Redirecting the Standard Streams
• Reading and Writing Binary Data
• Random Access Files
• Converting Numeric Strings to Their Internal Representation

Delegates, Events, and Namespaces

• Delegates
• Anonymous Methods
• Events
• Namespaces

Generics

• What Are Generics?
• Generics Fundamentals
• Generic Class with Two Type Parameters
• Constrained Types
• Create a Default Value of a Type Parameter
• Generic Structures
• Generic Methods
• Generic Delegates
• Generic Interfaces

Introducing LINQ

• What Is LINQ?
• LINQ Fundamentals
• Filter Values with where
• Sort Results with orderby
• A Closer Look at select
• Group Results with group
• Use into to Create a Continuation
• Use let to Create a Variable in a Query
• Join Two Sequences with join
• Anonymous Types and Object Initializers
• Create a Group Join
• The Query Methods and Lambda Expressions
• A Closer Look at Extension Methods
• A Closer Look at Lambda Expressions

The Preprocessor, RTTI, Nullable Types, and Other Advanced Topics

• The Preprocessor
• Runtime Type Identification
• Nullable Types
• Unsafe Code
• Attributes
• Conversion Operators
• A Brief Introduction to Collections
• Other Keywords
• What Next?