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Learning C# 2005, Second Edition

Get Started with C# 2.0 and .NET Programming

By
Jesse Liberty, Brian MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
February 2006
Pages:
560
Description
Completely revised to cover C# 2.0 and Visual Basic 2005, this introductory guide offers a thorough introduction to Microsoft's premier .NET language. Discover how to develop various kinds of web services and applications--including those that work with databases. More than 200 questions and programming exercises make mastering the essentials of the C# language easy and fun.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 C# and .NET Programming

    1. C# 2005 and .NET 2.0

    2. The .NET Platform

    3. The .NET 2.0 Framework

    4. The C# Language

    5. The Structure of C# Applications

    6. The Development Environment

    7. What's in a Program?

    8. Your First Program: Hello World

    9. The Compiler

    10. Examining Your First Program

    11. Summary

    12. Quiz

    13. Exercise

  2. Chapter 2 Visual Studio 2005

    1. Before You Read Further

    2. Start Page

    3. Projects and Solutions

    4. Inside the Integrated Development Environment

    5. Building and Running

    6. Menus and Toolbars

    7. Summary

    8. Quiz

    9. Exercise

  3. Chapter 3 C# Language Fundamentals

    1. Statements

    2. Types

    3. Variables

    4. Definite Assignment

    5. Constants

    6. Strings

    7. Expressions

    8. Whitespace

    9. Summary

    10. Quiz

    11. Exercises

  4. Chapter 4 Operators

    1. The Assignment Operator (=)

    2. Mathematical Operators

    3. Increment and Decrement Operators

    4. Relational Operators

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  5. Chapter 5 Branching

    1. Unconditional Branching Statements

    2. Conditional Branching Statements

    3. Iteration (Looping) Statements

    4. Summary

    5. Quiz

    6. Exercises

  6. Chapter 6 Object-Oriented Programming

    1. Creating Models

    2. Classes and Objects

    3. Defining a Class

    4. Class Relationships

    5. The Three Pillars of Object-Oriented Programming

    6. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

    7. Summary

    8. Quiz

    9. Exercises

  7. Chapter 7 Classes and Objects

    1. Defining Classes

    2. Method Arguments

    3. Constructors

    4. Initializers

    5. The this Keyword

    6. Static and Instance Members

    7. Destroying Objects

    8. Memory Allocation: The Stack Versus the Heap

    9. Summary

    10. Quiz

    11. Exercises

  8. Chapter 8 Inside Methods

    1. Overloading Methods

    2. Encapsulating Data with Properties

    3. Returning Multiple Values

    4. Summary

    5. Quiz

    6. Exercises

  9. Chapter 9 Basic Debugging

    1. Setting a Breakpoint

    2. Examining Values: The Autos and Locals Windows

    3. Set Your Watch

    4. The Call Stack

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  10. Chapter 10 Arrays

    1. Using Arrays

    2. The foreach Statement

    3. Initializing Array Elements

    4. The params Keyword

    5. Multidimensional Arrays

    6. Array Methods

    7. Sorting Arrays

    8. Summary

    9. Quiz

    10. Exercises

  11. Chapter 11 Inheritance and Polymorphism

    1. Specialization and Generalization

    2. Inheritance

    3. Polymorphism

    4. Abstract Classes

    5. Sealed Classes

    6. The Root of All Classes: Object

    7. Boxing and Unboxing Types

    8. Summary

    9. Quiz

    10. Exercises

  12. Chapter 12 Operator Overloading

    1. Using the operator Keyword

    2. Creating Useful Operators

    3. The Equals Operator

    4. Conversion Operators

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  13. Chapter 13 Interfaces

    1. Implementing an Interface

    2. Implementing More than One Interface

    3. Casting to an Interface

    4. The is and as Operators

    5. Extending Interfaces

    6. Combining Interfaces

    7. Overriding Interface Implementations

    8. Explicit Interface Implementation

    9. Summary

    10. Quiz

    11. Exercises

  14. Chapter 14 Generics and Collections

    1. Generics

    2. Collection Interfaces

    3. Creating Your Own Collections

    4. Framework Generic Collections

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  15. Chapter 15 Strings

    1. Creating Strings

    2. Manipulating Strings

    3. Regular Expressions

    4. The Regex Class

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  16. Chapter 16 Throwing and Catching Exceptions

    1. Bugs, Errors, and Exceptions

    2. Throwing Exceptions

    3. Searching for an Exception Handler

    4. The throw Statement

    5. The try and catch Statements

    6. How the Call Stack Works

    7. Creating Dedicated catch Statements

    8. The finally Statement

    9. Exception Class Methods and Properties

    10. Custom Exceptions

    11. Summary

    12. Quiz

    13. Exercises

  17. Chapter 17 Delegates and Events

    1. Delegates

    2. Multicasting

    3. Events

    4. Using Anonymous Methods

    5. Summary

    6. Quiz

    7. Exercises

  18. Chapter 18 Creating Windows Applications

    1. Creating a Simple Windows Form

    2. Creating a Real-World Application

    3. XML Documentation Comments

    4. Summary

    5. Quiz

    6. Exercises

  19. Chapter 19 Programming ASP.NET Applications

    1. Understanding Web Forms

    2. Web Form Events

    3. Creating a Web Form

    4. Adding Controls

    5. Server Controls

    6. Data Binding

    7. Adding Controls and Events

    8. Summary

    9. Quiz

    10. Exercises

  1. Appendix A Answers to Quizzes and Exercises

    1. Chapter 1: C# and .NET Programming

    2. Chapter 2: Visual Studio 2005

    3. Chapter 3: C# Language Fundamentals

    4. Chapter 4: Operators

    5. Chapter 5: Branching

    6. Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming

    7. Chapter 7: Classes and Objects

    8. Chapter 8: Inside Methods

    9. Chapter 9: Basic Debugging

    10. Chapter 10: Arrays

    11. Chapter 11: Inheritance and Polymorphism

    12. Chapter 12: Operator Overloading

    13. Chapter 13: Interfaces

    14. Chapter 14: Generics and Collections

    15. Chapter 15: Strings

    16. Chapter 16: Throwing and Catching Exceptions

    17. Chapter 17: Delegates and Events

    18. Chapter 18: Creating Windows Applications

    19. Chapter 19: Programming ASP.NET Applications

  2. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Learning C# 2005, Second Edition
By:
Jesse Liberty, Brian MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
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Print Release:
February 2006
Pages:
560
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-10209-8
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About the Authors

  1. Jesse Liberty

    Jesse Liberty is the bestselling author of "Programming ASP.NET", "Programming C#", and a dozen other books on web and object oriented programming. He is president of Liberty Associates, Inc., for which he provides contract programming, consulting and on-site training in ASP.NET, C#, C++ and related topics. Jesse was a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T, and Vice President for technology development at Citibank.

    View Jesse Liberty's full profile page.

  2. Brian MacDonald

    Brian MacDonald is an editor of programming and networking books. He has edited books for several major publishers on topics from securing Windows servers to PHP web programming to running an eBay business. His work for O'Reilly includes Programming ASP.NET and Programming .NET Components. He lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with his wife and son.

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