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Course CSH101
.Net and C# Programming - A Comprehensive Introduction

Duration: 5 Days

Course Synopsis

This course is an intensive introduction to object oriented programming using C# and .Net. The course will be based on Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4.0.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course student should know and understand

• The architecture and design of the .Net Framework
• The syntax and structure of the C# programming language
• Making use of inheritance, polymorphism, composition and aggregation in the design and implementation of C# applications
• Be able to create Windows Forms and WebForms GUI interfaces
• Know how to design, implement and deploy custom .NET components
• Know how to use LINQ to query databases

The course is aimed at

• Programmers who need a rapid and intensive introduction to application development using C# and the .NET framework

Prerequisites

• Students are expected to have some programming experience e.g. in C, Java or C++, or an early version of C#

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Course Outline

Introduction to C# and UML and .NET

• Development and evolution of C# and .NET
• Overview of Object Oriented concepts
• Overview of UML
• .NET Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)
• .NET Managed Code Philosophy
• Common Intermediate Language (CIL) and metadata

C# - Foundations

• Data types and control constructs
  • Implicit vs. explicit variables
  • Value types vs. reference types
  • Unicode - Characters and Strings
• Methods - Defining them and calling them
  • Specifying the Main method
  • Mechanisms for passing arguments and returning values
  • Scope and lifetime of variables
  • Named methods vs. symbolic methods
  • Exception handling
  • Garabage collection and resource recovery
• Using .NET library classes
  • Namespaces - purpose, usage and syntax
  • I/O using the Console and stream classes
  • Standard and Generic collection classes - an overview

C# Classes

• Defining a Class
  • Realising attributes with methods and properties
  • Constructors and initialisation
  • Method and constructor overloading
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Class instance - Object
  • Allocating memory with new
  • Passing initialisation values to constructors
  • Value allocation vs. reference allocation
  • Boxing and unboxing
  • Accessing properties and invoking methods

Class Relationships, Collections of Classes and Interfaces

• Aggregation and Composition
  • References and how to manipulate them
  • Physical equivalence vs. logical equivalence
  • Deep copying vs. shallow copying
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Collection Library Classes
  • Generics
• Interfaces
  • Specifying an interface
  • Implemeting an interface
  • Interface Polymorphism
  • Events and Delegates
  • Synergy between collection classes, generics and interfaces

Component Implementation

• Component oriented aspects of .NET
  • Manifests and assemblies
  • Deploying applications and components
  • Understanding the .NET assembly metamodel
• Component Implementation
  • Creation and invocation of custom components
  • Extending System.ComponentModel.Component
  • Accessing legacy COM/DCOM components