Introduction to C#

Course Outline

An Introduction to C#
Series: C#
Weeks: 8
Cost: $200
CEU Credits: 3.0

Overview:

C# is Microsoft's newest language, and could be a crucial language to learn in advancing your career or potential career. This 8 week course is for aspiring programmers who have had no previous exposure to programming, and would like to be able to write their own C# programs. Experienced programmers are welcome also!

Objectives:

To learn how to compile and execute a C# program
To learn what Data is and why it's important in a computer programmer
To learn what a C# variable and a constant is
To learn the primitive C# Data types
To learn what operations can be performed on C# data
To learn what a C# Selection structure is
To learn how to work with the C# If structure
To learn the C# Switch statement
To learn how to work with C# Loops
To learn C# Object Oriented Design Principles
To learn what a C# method is and how to create and use one
To learn what Method Overloading is
To learn how to create C# Instantiable classes
To learn the difference between a C# Startup classes and a C# Instantiable classes
To learn how to protect data in a C# class
To learn the difference between Public and Private Instance variables
To learn what a C# Set and Get method is
To learn what a C# Mutator method is
To learn what a C# Accessor method is
To learn how to implement Inheritance in a C# Program
To learn the difference between a C# Superclass and a C# Subclass
To learn the difference between an Interface and Inheritance
To learn how to create a C# Array
To learn the difference between a single and a multi-dimensional C# Array
To learn how to create an Array of C# objects
To learn how to implement Exception Handling in a C# program
To learn (and prevent) the kinds of errors that beginners commonly make in a C# program
To learn how to create a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
To learn C# Event Handling
To learn how to implement a C# Listener

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites.

TEXTBOOKS:

Learn to Program with C#, by John Smiley

SOFTWARE:

Free download of Microsoft's .Net Framework which comes with the batch C# compiler

Table of Contents

Week 1:	Planning and Development, Getting Comfortable with C#
Programming the Easy Way The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Getting Comfortable with C# Writing our First C# Program Elements of a C# Program
Week 2:	C# Data, Selection Structures
Computer Data Variables, Constants C# Data Types Operations on Data Selection Structures The IF Statement The Switch Statement Creating Windows in C#
Week 3:	Loops, Creating Your Own Methods
Loops The For Loop While Loops C# Methods Method Overloading
Week 4:	Creating Objects from Instantiable Classes
Creating an Instantiable Class Creating Objects from your Classes Class Constructors Class Contracts Overloaded Constructors Class Variables Class Finalizers The C# Garbage Collector
Week 5:	Controlling Access to the Data in your Objects
Instance Variables C# Set and Get Methods C# Accessor and Mutator Methods
Week 6:	Inheritance and Interfaces
Inheritances Interfaces Superclass and Subclass creation
Week 7:	Arrays, Error Handling
What's an Array Declaring and Initializing an Array Adding Data to an Array Problems with Arrays Single and Multidimensional Arrays Creating Arrays of Objects Common Beginner Errors Runtime Errors/Logic Errors C# Error Handling C# Exceptions
Week 8:	Developing a Graphical User Interface, Event Handling
Building a Graphical User Interface Designing our GUI Creating our GUI Testing our GUI What's an Event C# Listeners Implementing a Listener in your C# program Using the WindowListener Interface in your C# program Using the WindowsAdapter Class in your C# program

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