C# Weekend Crash Course - Softcover

Davis, Stephen R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764547895 ISBN 13: 9780764547898

Publisher: Wiley, 2002

Synopsis

Learn Microsoft's hot, new C# language fast! With C# Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on designing and developing .NET applications with this powerful programming language -- in a single weekend!

Open the book on Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon -- after completing 30 fast, focused lessons -- you will have mastered the skills necessary to begin creating applications with Microsoft's hot, new C# language. In just one weekend, expert developer Stephen Davis leads you into the new world of Microsoft.NET, and enables them to create robust .NET applications. Starting with C# basics, Stephen teaches you what you need to know to begin creating C# applications quickly, and easily. This book is a must have for any developer building applications on Microsoft's new .NET Framework.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Get Up to Speed on C# Programming - in a Weekend! The big day is Monday - the day you get to show off what you know about C#. The problem is, you're not really up to speed, which is why we created this Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to jump right in and start developing C# applications. It's as simple as that. The Curriculum Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Creating Your First C# Program
* Mathematical operation
* Flow Control
* Looping Commands
Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Common Operations
* Arrays
* The Object
* The Function
* Object Methods
* The this pointer
Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Special Class Considerations
* String class
* Formatting String Output
* Arrays
* Classes in the Real World
* Inheritance
Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Polymorphism
* Abstract Classes
* Accessor Methods
* Properties
Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Constructors
* Constructors with Arguments
* Constructors and Inheritance
* Namespaces
* Exceptions
* Extending the Exception Mechanism
Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* C# Structures
* The Interface
* Events/Delegate
* File Input/Output
For more information on Hungry Minds, go to www.hungryminds.com CD-ROM Includes:
* All sample code from the book
* Assessment software
System Requirements: PC running Windows 98 or later, Windows NT 4 or later. See the What's on the CD-ROM? Appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

About the Author Stephen R. Davis, who goes by the name of Randy, has been a programmer and author for almost 20 years. He is currently a senior consultant with Valtech, a global consulting, training, and mentoring company (www.valtech.com). Randy can be reached at www.stephendavis.com. About the Contributor Richard Lassan is a Senior Consultant with GA Sullivan in the Nashville, Tennessee, office. Richard has been actively involved in software development for the past fifteen years. His first computer was the TI994A, and from there he moved on to the Commodore 64, the Apple II, and finally the IBM PC. Richard currently spends his time learning .NET and writing and evangelizing about the benefits of building applications with .NET. He can be reached at rickl@gasullivan.com. About the Series Editor Michael Lane Thomas is an active development community and computer industry analyst who presently spends a great deal of time spreading the gospel of Microsoft .NET in his current role as a .NET technology evangelist for Microsoft. In working with over a half-dozen publishing companies, Michael has written numerous technical articles and written or contributed to almost 20 books on numerous technical topics, including Visual Basic, Visual C++, and .NET technologies. He is a prolific supporter of the Microsoft certification programs, having earned his MCSD, MCSE+I, MCT, MCP+SB, and MCDBA. In addition to technical writing, Michael can also be heard over the airwaves from time to time, including two weekly radio programs on Entercom (http://www.entercom.com/) stations, including most often in Kansas City on News Radio 980KMBZ (http://www.kmbz.com/). He can also occasionally be caught on the Internet doing an MSDN Webcast (http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/) discussing .NET, the next generation of Web application technologies. Michael started his journey through the technical ranks back in college at the University of Kansas, where he earned his stripes and a couple of degrees. After a brief stint as a technical and business consultant to Tokyo-based Global Online Japan, he returned to the States to climb the corporate ladder. He has held assorted roles, including those of IT manager, field engineer, trainer, independent consultant, and even a brief stint as Interim CTO of a successful dot-com, although he believes his current role as .NET evangelist for Microsoft is the best of the lot. He can be reached via email at mlthomas@microsoft.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0764547895
• ISBN 13: 9780764547898
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380