Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours

C# has quickly established itself as one of the world's most widely used programming languages. The newest version, Visual C# 2012, brings support for programming for the radically new Windows 8 platform, the biggest change to C# since it was introduced a decade ago. The proven Sams Teach Yourself method will help all newcomers to C# 2012 get up to speed quickly, no matter whether they've had experience with previous versions of Visual C# or not. Readers are taken step by step through the process of software development, learning elements as they build a sample application so that the material is framed in a real world approach. The accompanying DVD contains Visual C# 2012 Express Edition, and the companion Web site contains all the code and exercises from the book.

Scott J. Dorman is a Microsoft C# MVP, speaker, blogger, and the creator of the WP Requests and WinStore Requests websites. Scott has been involved with computers in one way or another for as long as he can remember, but started professionally in 1993 and has been working with .NET and C# since 2001. Currently, Scott’s primary focus is developing commercial software applications using Microsoft .NET technologies. Scott runs a software architecture-focused user group, speaks extensively (including at Microsoft TechEd and community-sponsored code camps), and contributes regularly to online communities such as The Code Project and StackOverflow. Scott also maintains a .NET Framework and C#-focused technology blog at http://geekswithblogs.com/sdorman.

Part I:  Fundamentals
Hour 1: The .NET Framework and C#
Hour 2: Understanding C# Types
Hour 3: Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way
Hour 4: Inheritance, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes
Hour 5: Creating Enumerated Types and Structures
Hour 6: Events and Event Handling
Part II: Programming in C#
Hour 7: Controlling Program Flow
Hour 8: Using Strings and Regular Expressions
Hour 9: Working With Arrays and Collections
Hour 10: Handling Errors Using Exceptions
Hour 11: Understanding Generics
Hour 12: Understanding Query Expressions
Part III: Working with Data
Hour 13: Using Files and Streams
Hour 14: Working with XML
Hour 15: Working with Databases
Part IV: Building an Application Using Visual Studio
Hour 16: Debugging in Visual Studio
Hour 17: Building a Windows Application
Hour 18: Using Data Binding and Validation
Hour 19: Building a Windows 8 Metro Application
Hour 20: Building a Web Application
Part V: Diving Deeper
Hour 21: Programming with Attributes
Hour 22: Dynamic types and Language Interoperability
Hour 23: Memory Organization and Garbage Collection
Hour 24: Understanding Threads, Concurrency, and Parallelism