C# Programming

This 4-day course covers the C# programming language and introduces Microsoft's .Net framework. It covers the C# language in context, exploiting the .Net framework and introducing both client and server programming techniques.


Prerequisites
This course assumes knowledge of the basics of the C-like family of languages such as C, C++ or JavaScript.

If you do not already have this experience you should also attend our 1-day 'C# Primer for Non C/C++/Java Programmers' ('GN-142') course prior to this course.


Course Content
C# in Context
- C# and .Net
- The Common Language Runtime
(CLR) and Intermediate
Language
(IL)
- C# outside Microsoft

Using C#
- Data types
- Classes and objects
- Using 'new', the heap and the
stack
- Encapsulation and inheritance
- Static and constant members
- Console input and output

Application Structure
- Value types and boxing
- Strings, StringBuilders and
collections
- Arrays, jagged arrays and
Indexers
- Namespaces, 'using' and
assemblies
- Attributes

Inheritance
- Polymorphism and the use of
'virtual' and 'override'
- Abstract classes
- Constructors and initialization
- Interfaces
- Nested classes
- Casting, 'as' and 'is'

Exception Handling
- How exception handling works
- try.catch and throw
- try.finally
- Writing and using exception
handlers
GUI Applications
- Building a graphical user
interface
- Event handling
- Delegates

Multitasking
- The System.Threading classes
- Starting and controlling
threads
- Using locks and monitors for
synchronization
- Sleeping and timers

The System.IO Namespace
- Streams, Readers and Writers
- Using files
- Events and Watchers
- Data streams
- Data formatting
- Serialization and SOAP

Sockets & Networking
- The System.Net.Sockets
classes
- Client and server sockets and
streams
- System.Net classes
- Web clients
- Web services

Advanced Language Features
- Operator overloading
- 'Unsafe' code
- Passing by value and
reference
- Variable length argument lists
- Deterministic cleanup