C# For Dummies

Stephen Randy Davis is the author of C++ For Dummies, More C++ For Dummies, and other books. He is a programmer and trainer at ValTech, Inc.

Introduction. PART I: Creating Your First C# Programs. Chapter 1: Creating Your First C# Windows Program. Chapter 2: Creating Your First C# Console Application. PART II: Basic C# Programming. Chapter 3: Living with Variability - Declaring Value--Type Variables. Chapter 4: Smooth Operators. Chapter 5: Controlling Program Flow. PART III: Object--Based Programming. Chapter 6: Collecting Data - The Class and the Array. Chapter 7: Putting on Some High--Class Functions. Chapter 8: Class Methods. Chapter 9: Stringing in the Key of C#. PART IV: Object--Oriented Programming. Chapter 10: Object--Oriented Programming - What's It All About? Chapter 11: Holding a Class Responsible. Chapter 12: Inheritance - Is That All I Get? Chapter 13: Poly--what--ism? Chapter 14: When a Class Isn't a Class - the Interface and the Structure. Chapter 15: Some Exceptional Exceptions. Chapter 16: Handling Files in C#. PART V: Windows Programming with Visual Studio. Chapter 17: Creating a Windows Application - Appearances Count. Chapter 18: Completing Your Windows Application - Lights, Camera, Action! PART VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 19: The Ten Most Common Build Errors (And How to Fix Them). Chapter 20: The Ten Most Significant Differences between C# and C++. Appendix: About the CD--ROM. Bonus Chapters on the CD--ROM! Bonus Chapter 1: Collecting Things. Bonus Chapter 2: Using the Visual Studio Interface. Index. Hungry Minds End--User License Agreement. GNU General Public License. Installation Instructions.