C# Programming in easy steps, 2nd edition

Updated for Visual Studio 2019

Mike McGrath

• Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781840789065
• eBook ISBN: 9781840789157
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Programming in C#
• Index: Computer Science

C# Programming in easy steps, 2nd edition will teach you to code applications, and demonstrates every aspect of the C# language you will need to produce professional programming results. Its examples provide clear syntax-highlighted code showing C# language basics including variables, arrays, logic, looping, methods, and classes.

C# Programming in easy steps, 2nd edition begins by explaining how to install the free Visual Studio Community Edition, to create an environment in which you can quickly begin to create your own executable programs by copying the book's examples. It demonstrates all the C# language basics before moving on to provide examples of Object Oriented Programming. The book concludes by demonstrating how you can use your acquired knowledge to create graphic programs for traditional PC Desktop apps, and also as Universal apps for multiple devices.

C# Programming in easy steps, 2nd edition has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to:

• Anyone who wants to begin programming in C#
• The programmer who quickly wants to add C# to their skills set
• The hobbyist who wants to begin creating apps for their own computer
• The student, and to those seeking a career in computing, who need a fundamental understanding of C#
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Updated for Visual Studio 2019

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Getting started

Welcome to the exciting world of C# programming. This chapter introduces the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment and shows you how to create a real Windows application.

Introducing C#

Installing Visual Studio

Exploring the IDE

Starting a Console project

Writing your first program

Following the rules

Summary

Introducing C#

The introduction of the Microsoft .NET framework at the Professional Developers Conference in July 2000 also saw Microsoft introduce a new programming language called C# (pronounced “see-sharp”). The name was inspired by musical notation where a # sharp symbol indicates that a written note should be a semitone higher in pitch. This notion is similar to the naming of the C++ programming language where the ++ symbol indicates that a written value should be incremented by 1.

•C# is designed to be a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language, borrowing key concepts from several other languages – most notably the Java programming language. Consequently, everything in C# is a class “object” with “properties” and “methods” that can be employed by a program.

•C# is an elegant and “type-safe” programming language that enables developers to build a variety of secure and robust applications. You can use C# to create Windows client applications, XML web services, distributed components, client-server applications, database applications, and much, much more.

•C# is specifically designed to utilize the proven functionality built into the .NET framework “class libraries”. Windows applications written in C# therefore require the Microsoft .NET framework to be installed on the computer running the application – typically, an integral component of the system.

The source code of all examples in this book is available for free download at www.ineasysteps.com/resource-center/downloads

If you don’t achieve the result illustrated in any example, simply compare your code to that in the original example files you have downloaded to discover where you went wrong.

The Microsoft .NET Framework

Each version of the Microsoft .NET framework includes a unifie...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 Getting started
• 2 Storing values
• 3 Performing operations
• 4 Making statements
• 5 Devising methods
• 6 Handling strings
• 7 Accessing files
• 8 Solving problems
• 9 Creating objects
• 10 Controlling events
• 11 Building an application
• 12 Targeting devices
• BackCover