Overview

This 5-day, lecture-and-lab course presents object-oriented programming with Visual C# 2008. Key topics include the Visual C# 2008 Express IDE (or Visual Studio 2008), classes, objects, encapsulation, interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, abstract classes, creating class libraries, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), an introduction to generic collections, event-driven programming, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with Windows Forms and exception handling. Students create C# applications, understand C# object-oriented programming, learn to use various .NET Framework Class Library classes and participate in extensive laboratory assignments for hands on experience. After taking this course and gaining some practical Visual C# programming experience, students will be prepared to take VC#300—Advanced Visual C# 2008. 

Prerequisites

• VC#101—Introduction to Visual C# for Non-Programmers: Part 1, or
• Ability to program in a high-level language.

Introduction

Review of C# syntax and concepts presented in the following chapters of Visual C# 2008 How to Program, 3/e:

• Chapter 2—Introduction to the Visual C# 2008 Express IDE
• Chapter 3—Introduction to C# Applications
• Chapter 4—Introduction to Classes and Objects
• Chapter 5—Control Statements: Part 1
• Chapter 6—Control Statements: Part 2
• Chapter 7—Methods: A Deeper Look
• Chapter 8—Arrays

Introduction to LINQ and Generic Collections   

• Querying an Array Using LINQ
• Introduction to Collections
• Querying a Generic Collection Using LINQ
• Deitel LINQ Resource Center

Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look      

• Time Class Case Study
• Controlling Access to Members
• Referring to the Current Object’s Members with the this Reference
• Indexers
• Time Class Case Study: Overloaded Constructors
• Default and Parameterless Constructors
• Composition
• Garbage Collection and Destructors
• static Class Members
• readonly Instance Variables
• Time Class Case Study: Creating Class Libraries
• Class View and Object Browser

Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance      

• Base Classes and Derived Classes
• protected Members
• Relationship between Base Classes and Derived Classes
• Creating and Using a CommissionEmployee Class
• Creating a BasePlusCommissionEmployee Class without Using Inheritance
• Creating a CommissionEmployee–BasePlusCommissionEmployee Inheritance Hierarchy
• CommissionEmployee–BasePlusCommissionEmployee Inheritance Hierarchy Using protected Instance Variables
• CommissionEmployee–BasePlusCommissionEmployee Inheritance Hierarchy Using private Instance Variables
• Class object

Polymorphism, Interfaces & Operator Overloading       

• Polymorphism Examples
• Demonstrating Polymorphic Behavior
• Abstract Classes and Methods
• Case Study: Payroll System Using Polymorphism
• Operator is and Downcasting
• Summary of the Allowed Assignments Between Base Class and Derived Class Variables
• sealed Methods and Classes
• Case Study: Creating and Using Interfaces
• Common Interfaces of the .NET Framework Class Library
• Operator Overloading

Exception Handling       

• Exception Handling Overview
• Example: Divide by Zero Without Exception Handling
• Handling DivideByZeroExceptions and FormatExceptions
• Enclosing Code in a try Block
• Catching Exceptions
• Uncaught Exceptions
• Termination Model of Exception Handling
• Flow of Control When Exceptions Occur
• .NET Exception Hierarchy
• Determining Which Exceptions a Method Throws
• finally Block
• Exception Properties
• User-Defined Exception Classes

Graphical User Interfaces with Windows Forms              

• Windows Forms
• Event Handling
• A Simple Event-Driven GUI
• Another Look at the Visual Studio Generated Code
• Delegates and the Event-Handling Mechanism
• Other Ways to Create Event Handlers
• Locating Event Information
• Control Properties and Layout
• Labels, TextBoxes and Buttons
• GroupBoxes and Panels
• CheckBoxes and RadioButtons
• PictureBoxes
• ToolTips
• NumericUpDown Control
• Mouse-Event Handling

Price

• $12,995 lecture fee for up to 20 students maximum. Add $1,000 for international or custom classes.
• Client purchases the books, at its own expense, directly from Pearson (the publisher) at the discounted Deitel rate.
  • Materials: Visual C# 2008 How to Program, 3/e (ISBN: 013605322X)
• Instructor Travel Reimbursement (if travel is required).

Courses in the Visual C# 2008 Curriculum