This ultimate beginner's guide to C# 7 and Visual Studio 2017 explains variables, flow control, object-oriented programming, web and Windows programming, databases and XML, fixing bugs, integratiing with .NET Core, Azure, cloud services, Docker containers, and more.

Beginning C# 7 Programming with Visual Studio 2017

BEGINNING C# 7 Programming with Visual Studio ® 2017

Preface

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER What the .NET Framework is What C# is Explore Visual Studio 2017 

Introducing C#

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Understanding Visual Studio 2017 basics Writing a simple console application Writing a simple desktop application 

Writing a C# Program

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Understanding basic C# syntax Using variables Using expressions 

Variables and Expressions

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Using Boolean logic Branching code Looping code 

Flow Control

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Performing implicit and explicit conversions between types Creating and using enum types Creating and using struct types Creating and using arrays Manipulating string values 

More about Variables

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Defining and using simple functions that don't accept or return any data Transferring data to and from functions Working with variable scope Using command‐line arguments with the Main() function Supplying functions as members of struct types Using function overloading Using delegates 

Functions

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Debugging methods available in the IDE Error‐handling techniques available in C# 

Debugging and Error Handling

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Understanding object‐oriented programming Using OOP techniques Learning how desktop applications rely on OOP 

Introduction to Object‐Oriented Programming

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Defining classes and interfaces in C# Using the keywords that control accessibility and inheritance Discovering the System.Object class and its role in class definitions Using some helpful tools provided by Visual Studio (VS) Defining class libraries Knowing the differences and similarities between interfaces and abstract classes Exploring struct types Understanding important object copying considerations 

Defining Classes

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Defining class members Controlling class member inheritance Defining nested classes Implementing interfaces Using partial class definitions Using the Call Hierarchy window 

Defining Class Members

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Defining and using collections Learning the types of collections that are available Comparing types and using the is operator Comparing values and overloading operators Defining and using conversions Using the as operator 

Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER: Discovering generics Using generic classes provided by the .NET Framework Defining your own generics Learning how variance works with generics 

Generics

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Discovering the :: operator Understanding the global namespace qualifier Creating custom exceptions Using events Using anonymous methods Using C# attributes Working with initializers Using the var type and type inference Working with anonymous types Using the dynamic type Using named and optional method parameters Working with lambda expressions 

Additional C# Techniques

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Using the WPF designer Using controls for displaying information to the user, such as the Label and TextBlock controls Using controls for triggering events, such as the Button control Using the controls that enable users of your application to enter text, such as the TextBox control Using controls that enable you to inform users of the current state of the application and allow the user to change that state, such as the RadioButton and CheckButton controls Using controls that enable you to display lists of information, such as the ListBox and ComboBox controls Using panels to lay out your user interfaces 

Basic Desktop Programming

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Using routed commands instead of events Working with styling controls and applications using XAML styles Creating menus using the Menu control and routed commands Creating value converters Using timelines to create animations Defining and referencing static and dynamic resources Creating user controls when the common controls are not enough 

Advanced Desktop Programming

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Understanding the cloud, cloud programming, and the cloud optimized stack Programming for the cloud using cloud design patterns Using Microsoft Azure C# libraries to create a storage container Creating an ASP.NET 4.7 Web site that uses the storage container 

Basic Cloud Programming

` RN IN THIS CHAPTER Creating an ASP.NET Web API Deploying and consuming an ASP.NET Web API on Microsoft Azure Scaling an ASP.NET Web API on Microsoft Azure 

Advanced Cloud Programming and Deployment

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Cross‐platform basics and key “must know” terms What is .NET Standard, and why is it needed? Referencing and Targeting frameworks What is .NET Core? Building and packaging a .NET Standard library Building a .NET Core application with Visual Studio Porting from .NET Framework to .NET Core 

.NET Standard and .NET Core

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Overview of web applications Which ASP.NET to use and why Using ASP.NET Web Forms Creating ASP.NET Core web applications 

ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Discovering the File and Directory classes Understanding how .NET uses streams to access files Writing to and reading from a file Reading and writing compressed files Serializing and deserializing objects Monitoring files and directories for changes 

Files

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER XML basics JSON basics XML schemas XML Document Object Model Converting XML to JSON Searching XML documents using XPath 

XML and JSON

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER LINQ to XML LINQ providers LINQ query syntax LINQ method syntax Lambda expressions Ordering query results Aggregates (Count, Sum, Min, Max, Average) SelectDistinctQuery Group queries Joins 

LINQ

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER: Using databases Understanding the Entity Framework Creating data with Code First Using LINQ with databases Navigating database relationships Creating and querying XML from databases 

Databases

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER: Discovering WCF Mastering WCF concepts Understanding WCF programming 

Windows Communication Foundation

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER Enabling your Windows 10 device for development Developing Windows Universal apps using XAML and C# Using common Windows Universal Apps Packaging and deploying an app 

Universal Apps

There are no exercises in Chapters 1, 2, 18, and 19.

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