C# For Dummies®

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

This book covers everything you need to begin programming in C# as painlessly as possible. C# For Dummies introduces the new language, covers the syntax of the language, explains expert programming techniques and jumps right into writing applications. The class libraries are also covered in detail.

Author Biography

Stephen Randy Davis is the author of C++ For Dummies, More C++ For Dummies, and other books. He is a programmer and trainer at ValTech, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(8)
Part I: Creating Your First C# Programs 9(24)
Creating Your First C# Windows Program
11(16)
Creating Your First C# Console Application
27(6)
Part II: Basic C# Programming 33(58)
Living with Variability - Declaring Value-Type Variables
35(18)
Smooth Operators
53(12)
Controlling Program Flow
65(26)
Part III: Object-Based Programming 91(106)
Collecting Data - The Class and the Array
93(26)
Putting on Some High-Class Functions
119(32)
Class Methods
151(22)
Stringing in the Key of C#
173(24)
Part IV: Object-Oriented Programming 197(148)
Object-Oriented Programming - What's It All About?
199(8)
Holding a Class Responsible
207(26)
Inheritance - Is That All I Get?
233(20)
Poly-what-ism?
253(26)
When a Class Isn't a Class - the Interface and the Structure
279(26)
Some Exceptional Exceptions
305(22)
Handling Files in C#
327(18)
Part V: Windows Programming with Visual Studio 345(42)
Creating a Windows Application - Appearances Count
347(20)
Completing Your Windows Application - Lights, Camera, Action!
367(20)
Part VI: The Part of Tens 387(18)
The Ten Most Common Build Errors (And How to Fix Them)
389(10)
The Ten Most Significant Differences between C# and C++
399(6)
Appendix: About the CD-ROM 405(6)
Bonus Chapters on the CD-ROM! CD
Bonus Chapter 1: Collecting Things
CD1
Bonus Chapter 2: Using the Visual Studio Interface
CD23
Index 411(16)
Hungry Minds End-user License Agreement 427(2)
GNU General Public License 429(7)
Installation Instructions 436

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