C#: A Beginner's Tutorial, Second Edition

by Jayden Ky

Designed as a beginner's tutorial to the latest version of C#, this informative guide discusses the most important features of the language and teaches how to use .NET Framework. Written with clarity and readability in mind, it introduces important programming concepts and explains the process of building real-world applications, both desktop and web-based. With the most comprehensive coverage possible in a book for beginners, it includes such topics as C# language syntax, object-oriented programming, working with numbers and dates, error handling, input output, generics, annotations, LINQ, lambda expressions and WPF. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Your First Taste of C# Chapter 2: Language Fundamentals Chapter 3: Statements Chapter 4: Objects and Classes Chapter 5: Core Classes Chapter 6: Inheritance Chapter 7: Structures Chapter 8: Error Handling Chapter 9: Numbers and Dates Chapter 10: Interfaces and Abstract Classes Chapter 11: Polymorphism Chapter 12: Enumerations Chapter 13: Generics Chapter 14: Collections Chapter 15: Input/Output Chapter 16: Advanced Language Features Chapter 17: Data Access with LINQ Chapter 18: Windows Presentation Foundation Chapter 19: Multithreading Appendix Visual Studio Community 2015 Appendix SQL Server 2014 Express Index

260 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2013

Reviews

[Guery Absolu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light to Mid weight C#

This book is well written and easy to read. It covers almost all the topics an introductory programming book should cover and more... Objects, classes, generics, structures, polymorphism, collections, input and output, ado.net for extracting information from a database, and inheritance. All this is shown using code examples on visual studio or visual studio express. Don't buy this book if you know these topics already! Buy if you are curious about switching over to C# from another programming language and want to make sure you've got the basics down.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very good for a quick overview of the C# language without much depth. My rating would have been higher had there not been so many typos in the edition I read. I read this through Books24x7 so I am not sure if this was a publisher issue or an issue with Books24x7.