This training course teaches developers the programming skills that are required for developers to create Windows applications using the C# language. During their five days in the classroom students review the basics of C# program structure, language syntax, and implementation details, and then consolidate their knowledge throughout the week as they build an application that incorporates several features of the .NET Framework 4.5.

• Module 1: Review of C# Syntax
• Module 2: Creating Methods, Handling Exceptions, and Monitoring Applications
• Module 3: Developing the Code for a Graphical Application
• Module 4: Creating Classes and Implementing Type-safe Collections
• Module 5: Creating a Class Hierarchy by Using Inheritance
• Module 6: Reading and Writing Local Data
• Module 7: Accessing a Database
• Module 8: Accessing Remote Data
• Module 9: Designing the User Interface for a Graphical Application
• Module 10: Improving Application Performance and Responsiveness
• Module 11: Integrating with Unmanaged Code
• Module 12: Creating Reusable Types and Assemblies
• Module 13: Encrypting and Decrypting Data

Developers attending this course should already have gained some limited experience using C# to complete basic programming tasks. More specifically, students should have hands-on experience using C# that demonstrates their understanding of the following:

• How to name, declare, initialize and assign values to variables within an application.
• How to use:
  • arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations involving one or more variables;
  • relational operators to test the relationship between two variables or expressions;
  • logical operators to combine expressions that contain relational operators.
• How to create the code syntax for simple programming statements using C# language keywords and recognize syntax errors using the Visual Studio IDE.
• How to create a simple branching structure using an IF statement.
• How to create a simple looping structure using a For statement to iterate through a data array.
• How to use the Visual Studio IDE to locate simple logic errors.
• How to create a Function that accepts arguments (parameters and returns a value of a specified type.
• How to design and build a simple user interface using standard controls from the Visual Studio toolbox.
• How to connect to a SQL Server database and the basics of how to retrieve and store data.
• How to sort data in a loop.
• How to recognize the classes and methods used in a program.

Gregor Spagnolo, MCT