Overview

Prerequisites

• Some object-oriented programming experience in a language such as C++, Java or Visual Basic .NET.
• Students without previous object-oriented programming experience may enroll in the course. Deitel will provide reading and lab assignments to be completed prior to the start of the course.

Course Outline

Introduction

Review of C# syntax and concepts:

• Introduction to the Visual C# 2008 Express IDE
• Introduction to C# Applications
• Introduction to Classes and Objects
• Control Statements
• Methods
• 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

GUI with Windows Presentation Foundation    

• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• XML Basics
• Structuring Data
• XML Namespaces
• Declarative GUI Programming Using XAML
• Creating a WPF Application in Visual Basic Express
• Laying Out Controls
• General Layout Principles
• Layout in Action
• Event Handling
• Commands and Common Application Tasks
• WPF GUI Customization
• Using Styles to Change the Appearance of Controls
• Customizing Windows
• Defining a Control’s Appearance with Control Templates
• Data-Driven GUIs with Data Binding

WPF Graphics and Multimedia

• Controlling Fonts
• Basic Shapes
• Polygons and Polylines
• Brushes
• Transforms
• WPF Customization: A Television GUI
• Animations

Files and Streams           

• Classes File and Directory
• Creating a Sequential-Access Text File
• Reading Data from a Sequential-Access Text File
• Serialization
• Creating a Sequential-Access File Using Object Serialization
• Reading and Deserializing Data from a Sequential-Access File

Generics             

• Motivation for Generic Methods
• Generic Method Implementation
• Type Constraints
• Overloading Generic Methods
• Generic Classes
• Notes on Generics and Inheritance

Collections        

• Introduction
• Collections Overview
• Class Array and Enumerators
• Generic Class SortedDictionary
• Generic Class LinkedList