Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Step By Step

Teach yourself how to build applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio 2012—one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for mastering core C# language features and creating working applications and components for Windows.

Discover how to:

• Work with variables, non-reserved identifiers, statements, operators, and methods
• Use the new application models provided by Windows 8 and the Windows Runtime
• Create interfaces and define abstract classes
• Manage errors and exception handling
• Use collection classes
• Work with databases by using DataBinding with the Entity Framework
• Respond to user input and gestures; gather input from devices and other sources
• Handle events arising from multiple sources
• Develop your first Windows 8 apps

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Introducing Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
  • Chapter 1: Welcome to C#
  • Chapter 2: Working with Variables, Operators, and Expressions
  • Chapter 3: Writing Methods and Applying Scope
  • Chapter 4: Using Decision Statements
  • Chapter 5: Using Compound Assignment and Iteration Statements
  • Chapter 6: Managing Errors and Exceptions
• Understanding the C# Object Model
  • Chapter 7: Creating and Managing Classes and Objects
  • Chapter 8: Understanding Values and References
  • Chapter 9: Creating Value Types with Enumerations and Structures
  • Chapter 10: Using Arrays
  • Chapter 11: Understanding Parameter Arrays
  • Chapter 12: Working with Inheritance
  • Chapter 13: Creating Interfaces and Defining Abstract Classes
  • Chapter 14: Using Garbage Collection and Resource Management
• Defining Extensible Types with C#
  • Chapter 15: Implementing Properties to Access Fields
  • Chapter 16: Using Indexers
  • Chapter 17: Introducing Generics
  • Chapter 18: Using Collections
  • Chapter 19: Enumerating Collections
  • Chapter 20: Decoupling Application Logic and Handling Events
  • Chapter 21: Querying In-Memory Data by Using Query Expressions
  • Chapter 22: Operator Overloading
• Building Professional Windows 8 Applications with C#
  • Chapter 23: Improving Throughput by Using Tasks
  • Chapter 24: Improving Response Time by Performing Asynchronous Operations
  • Chapter 25: Implementing the User Interface for a Windows Store App
  • Chapter 26: Displaying and Searching for Data in a Windows Store App
  • Chapter 27: Accessing a Remote Database in a Windows Store App
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