Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself C#™ in 24 Hours

By James Foxall and Wendy Haro-Chun

Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: March 13, 2002
ISBN: 0-672-32287-0, 528 pages

Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours provides readers with 24 structured lessons that provide a light, but thorough introduction to C#. James Foxall moves beyond the pure syntax covered in existing books, to guide readers step-by-step through a cohesive presentation of the basics of C#. Once the basics are understood, Foxall shows the reader how to apply this knowledge to real-world Windows programming tasks using C#. Each chapter contains exercises that reinforce the lessons learned in each chapter. Tips, Notes, and Cautions provide additional advice from the authors on how to get up to speed and programming quickly with C#. Sidebars provide the more experienced reader with tips that will ease their migration from Visual Basic 6 and Visual C++ to C#.

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
Starting C#
Creating a New Project
Understanding the C# Environment
Changing the Characteristics of Objects
Naming Objects
Setting the Text Property of the Form
Giving the Form an Icon
Changing the Size of the Form
Adding Controls to a Form
Designing an Interface
Adding an Invisible Control to a Form
Coding an Interface
Running a Project
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 2. Navigating C#
Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page
Navigating and Customizing the C# Environment
Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox
Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window
Managing Projects
Managing Project Files with the Solution Explorer
Getting Help
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
Understanding Objects
Understanding Properties
Understanding Methods
Building an Object Example Project
Understanding Collections
Using the Object Browser
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 4. Understanding Events
Understanding Event-Driven Programming
Building an Event Example Project
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Part II. Building a User Interface

Hour 5. Building Forms—Part I
Changing the Name of a Form
Changing the Appearance of a Form
Showing and Hiding Forms
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 6. Building Forms—Part II
Working with Controls
Creating TopMost Windows
Creating Transparent Forms
Creating Scrollable Forms
Creating MDI Forms
Setting the Startup Object
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 7. Working with the Traditional Controls
Displaying Static Text with the Label Control
Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box
Creating Buttons
Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons
Displaying a List with the List Box
Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 8. Advanced Controls
Creating Timers
Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes
Storing Pictures in an Image List
Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View
Creating Hierarchical Lists with the Tree View
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
Building Menus
Programming Menus
Using the Toolbar Control
Creating a Status Bar
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 10. Drawing and Printing
Understanding the Graphics Object
Working with Pens
Using System Colors
Working with Rectangles
Drawing Shapes
Drawing Text
Persisting Graphics on a Form
Build a Graphics Project Example
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Part III. Making Things Happen—Programming!

Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods
Creating Class Members
Writing Methods
Creating the User Interface of Your Project
Calling Methods
Exiting Methods
Working with Tasks
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
Understanding Data Types
Defining and Using Constants
Declaring and Referencing Variables
Determining Scope
Naming Conventions
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
Performing Basic Arithmetic
Comparing Equalities
Understanding Boolean Logic
Manipulating Strings
Working with Dates and Times
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 14. Making Decisions in C# Code
Making Decisions Using if Statements
Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using switch
Branching Within Code Using goto
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency
Looping a Specific Number of Times Using for Statements
Using do…while to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 16. Debugging Your Code
Adding Comments to Your Code
Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors
Using C#'s Debugging Tools
Writing an Error Handler Using try...catch...finally
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes
Understanding Classes
Instantiating Objects from Classes
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 18. Interacting with Users
Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Method
Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
Interacting with the Keyboard
Using the Common Mouse Events
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Part IV. Working with Data

Hour 19. Performing File Operations
Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog Controls
Manipulating Files with the File Object
Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
Creating a Reference to an Automation Library
Creating an Instance of an Automation Server
Manipulating the Server
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 21. Working with a Database
Introduction to ADO.NET
Connecting to a Database
Manipulating Data
Using the Data Form Wizard
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Part V. Deploying Solutions and Beyond

Hour 22. Deploying a Solution
Creating a Custom Setup Program
Running a Custom Setup Program
Uninstalling an Application You've Distributed
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development
XML
SOAP
ASP.NET
Web Forms
XML Web Services
Summary
Q&A
Workshop

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
Answers to Hour 1
Answers to Hour 2
Answers to Hour 3
Answers to Hour 4
Answers to Hour 5
Answers to Hour 6
Answers to Hour 7
Answers to Hour 8
Answers for Hour 9
Answers to Hour 10
Answers to Hour 11
Answers to Hour 12
Answers to Hour 13
Answers to Hour 14
Answers to Hour 15
Answers to Hour 16
Answers to Hour 17
Answers to Hour 18
Answers for Hour 19
Answers to Hour 20
Answers to Hour 21
Answers to Hour 22
Answers for Hour 23
Answers for Hour 24

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