C# for Students

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ISBN: 9780321176653 | 0321176650
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Copyright: 1/1/2004

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If you are new to computer programming then this book is for you! Starting from scratch, it assumes no prior knowledge of programming and is written in a simple, direct style for maximum clarity. C# ('C Sharp') is an object-oriented, network-enabled programming language, developed expressly for Microsoft's .Net platform. C# provides the features that are the most important to programmers: object-orientation, graphics, GUI components, multimedia, internet-based client/server networking and distributed computing. 'C# for Students' will explain key programming concepts and the central ideas of object oriented programming, using C# as the vehicle language.

Preface

xvii

The background to C#

(6)

The history of C#

(1)

The Microsoft .NET framework

(1)

What is a program?

(2)

Programming principles

(1)

Programming pitfalls

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

(1)

The C# development environment

(17)

Introduction

(1)

Installation and configuration

(1)

Creating a first program

(4)

Controls at design-time

(3)

Events and the Button control

(2)

Opening an existing project

(1)

Documenting property settings

(1)

Program errors

(1)

Editor facilities

(1)

The message box

(1)

Help

(1)

Programming principles

(1)

Programming pitfalls

(1)

Grammar spot

(1)

New language elements

(1)

New IDE facilities

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

(1)

Introductory graphics

(13)

Introduction

(1)

Objects, methods, properties, classes -- an analogy

(1)

A first drawing

(1)

Creating the program

(1)

The graphics coordinate system

(1)

Explanation of the program

(2)

Methods for drawing

(1)

Colours

(2)

The sequence concept and statements

(1)

Adding meaning with comments

(1)

Programming principles

(1)

Programming pitfalls

(1)

Grammar spot

(1)

New language elements

(1)

New IDE facilities

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

(1)

Variables and calculations

(22)

Introduction

(1)

The nature of int

(1)

The nature of double

(1)

Declaring variables

(3)

The assignment statement

(1)

Calculations and operators

(1)

The arithmetic operators

(2)

The % operator

(1)

Joining strings with the + operator

(2)

Converting between strings and numbers

(1)

Text boxes and labels

(2)

Converting between numbers

(2)

The role of expressions

(1)

Programming principles

(1)

Programming pitfalls

(1)

Grammar spot

(1)

New language elements

(1)

New IDE facilities

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

(1)

Methods and arguments

(33)

Introduction

(1)

Writing your own methods

(1)

A first method

(2)

Calling a method

(1)

Passing arguments

(1)

Parameters and arguments

(1)

A triangle method

(3)

Local variables

(1)

Name clashes

(1)

Event-handling methods

(1)

return and results

(2)

Building on methods

(3)

Passing arguments by reference

(1)

out and ref arguments

(1)

out -- an example

(3)

ref -- an example

(1)

A swap method with ref

(1)

this and objects

(1)

Overloading

(2)

Passing objects to methods

(1)

Programming principles

(1)

Programming pitfalls

(1)

Grammar spot

(1)

New language elements

(1)

New IDE facilities

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(3)

Answers to self-test questions

(2)

Using objects

(21)

Introduction

(1)

Instance variables

(3)

The form constructor

(2)

The TrackBar class

(3)

using and namespaces

101

(1)

Members, methods and properties

102

(1)

The Random class

102

(4)

The Timer class

106

(3)

Programming principles

109

(1)

Programming pitfalls

109

(1)

Grammar spot

109

(1)

New language elements

109

(1)

New IDE facilities

110

(1)

Summary

110

(1)

Exercises

110

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

112

(1)

Selection

113

(30)

Introduction

113

(1)

The if statement

114

(2)

if...else

116

(2)

Comparison operators

118

(5)

And, or, not

123

(3)

Nested ifS

126

(1)

switch

127

(4)

Boolean variables

131

(4)

Programming principles

135

(1)

Programming pitfalls

135

(1)

Grammar spot

136

(1)

New language elements

136

(1)

Summary

137

(1)

Exercises

137

(3)

Answers to self-test questions

140

(3)

Repetition

143

(19)

Introduction

143

(1)

while

144

(4)

for

148

(2)

And, or, not

150

(2)

do...while

152

(1)

Nested loops

153

(2)

Combining control structures

155

(1)

Programming principles

155

(1)

Programming pitfalls

155

(1)

Grammar spot

156

(1)

New language elements

156

(1)

Summary

157

(1)

Exercises

157

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

159

(3)

Debugging

162

(11)

Introduction

162

(2)

Using the debugger

164

(3)

Case study in debugging

167

(1)

Common errors

168

(4)

Programming pitfalls

172

(1)

New IDE facilities

172

(1)

Summary

172

(1)

Exercise

172

(1)

Writing classes

173

(23)

Introduction

173

(1)

Designing a class

174

(2)

private variables

176

(1)

public methods

177

(2)

Properties

179

(3)

Method or property?

182

(1)

Constructors

183

(1)

Multiple constructors

183

(2)

private methods

185

(1)

Operations on objects

185

(2)

Object destruction

187

(1)

static methods and properties

187

(1)

Programming principles

188

(2)

Programming pitfalls

190

(1)

Grammar spot

191

(1)

New language elements

192

(1)

Summary

192

(1)

Exercises

192

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

194

(2)

Inheritance

196

(15)

Introduction

196

(1)

Using inheritance

197

(1)

protected

198

(1)

Additional items

199

(1)

Overriding

200

(1)

Class diagrams

201

(1)

Inheritance at work

202

(1)

base

202

(1)

Constructors

203

(2)

Abstract classes

205

(1)

Programming principles

206

(2)

Programming pitfalls

208

(1)

New language elements

208

(1)

Summary

208

(1)

Exercises

209

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

210

(1)

Calculations

211

(17)

Introduction

211

(1)

Formatting numbers

212

(2)

Library mathematical functions and constants

214

(1)

Constants

215

(1)

Case study -- money

216

(2)

Case study -- iteration

218

(1)

Graphs

219

(3)

Exceptions

222

(1)

Programming principles

223

(1)

Programming pitfalls

223

(1)

Summary

223

(1)

Exercises

224

(3)

Answers to self-test questions

227

(1)

Data structures -- list boxes and array lists

228

(12)

Introduction

228

(1)

Array lists

229

(1)

Adding items to a list

229

(1)

The length of a list

230

(1)

Indices

231

(2)

Removing items from a list

233

(1)

Inserting items within a list

233

(1)

Lookup

233

(2)

Arithmetic on a list box

235

(1)

Searching

236

(2)

Programming principles

238

(1)

Programming pitfalls

238

(1)

New language elements

238

(1)

Summary

238

(1)

Exercises

239

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

239

(1)

Arrays

240

(22)

Introduction

240

(2)

Creating an array

242

(1)

Indices

242

(3)

The length of an array

245

(1)

Passing arrays as parameters

245

(1)

Using constants

246

(1)

Initializing an array

247

(1)

A sample program

248

(2)

Lookup

250

(1)

Searching

251

(1)

Arrays of objects

252

(2)

Programming principles

254

(1)

Programming pitfalls

255

(1)

Grammar spot

255

(1)

Summary

256

(1)

Exercises

256

(4)

Answers to self-test questions

260

(2)

Arrays -- two-dimensional

262

(13)

Introduction

262

(1)

Declaring an array

263

(1)

Indices

263

(2)

The size of an array

265

(1)

Passing arrays as parameters

265

(1)

Constants

266

(1)

Initializing an array

267

(1)

A sample program

267

(2)

Programming principles

269

(1)

Programming pitfalls

270

(1)

Summary

270

(1)

Exercises

271

(3)

Answers to self-test questions

274

(1)

String manipulation

275

(21)

Introduction

275

(1)

Using strings -- a recap

275

(2)

String indexing

277

(1)

The characters within strings

277

(1)

A note on the char type

278

(1)

The String class methods and properties

278

(1)

Comparing strings

279

(1)

Amending strings

280

(2)

Examining strings

282

(4)

Regular expressions

286

(2)

An example of string processing

288

(1)

Case study -- Frasier

289

(3)

Programming principles

292

(1)

Programming pitfalls

292

(1)

Grammar spot

292

(1)

New language elements

292

(1)

New IDE facilities

292

(1)

Summary

293

(1)

Exercises

293

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

295

(1)

Exceptions

296

(16)

Introduction

296

(2)

The jargon of exceptions

298

(1)

A try-catch example

298

(3)

Using the exception object

301

(1)

Classifying exceptions

302

(1)

Multiple catch blocks

303

(1)

The search for a catcher

304

(2)

Throwing -- an introduction

306

(1)

Handling -- some possibilities

307

(1)

finally

307

(1)

Programming principles

308

(1)

Programming pitfalls

309

(1)

Grammar spot

309

(1)

New language elements

309

(1)

New IDE facilities

309

(1)

Summary

310

(1)

Exercises

310

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

311

(1)

Files

312

(24)

Introduction

312

(1)

The essentials of streams

313

(1)

The StreamReader and StreamWriter classes

313

(1)

File output

314

(2)

File input

316

(2)

File searching

318

(3)

Files and exceptions

321

(2)

Message boxes and dialogs

323

(2)

Using file dialogs

325

(1)

Creating a menu

326

(4)

The Directory class

330

(2)

Programming principles

332

(1)

Programming pitfalls

332

(1)

Grammar spot

332

(1)

New language elements

332

(1)

New IDE facilities

333

(1)

Summary

333

(1)

Exercises

333

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

334

(2)

Console programs

336

(15)

Introduction

336

(1)

A first console program

337

(2)

The command prompt: cd and dir

339

(1)

Ways of running programs

340

(2)

Classes in console applications

342

(1)

Command-line arguments

342

(2)

Scripting and output redirection

344

(2)

Scripting and batch files

346

(1)

Programming principles

347

(1)

Programming pitfalls

347

(1)

Grammar spot

347

(1)

New language elements

347

(1)

New IDE facilities

347

(1)

Summary

347

(1)

Exercises

348

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

349

(2)

Object-oriented design

351

(24)

Introduction

351

(1)

The design problem

352

(1)

Identifying objects, methods and properties

352

(6)

Case study in design

358

(7)

Looking for reuse

365

(1)

Composition or inheritance?

365

(5)

Guidelines for class design

370

(1)

Summary

371

(1)

Exercises

372

(1)

Answers to self-test questions

373

(2)

Program style

375

(13)

Introduction

375

(1)

Program layout

376

(1)

Comments

377

(1)

Using constants

378

(1)

Classes

379

(1)

Nested ifs

380

(2)

Nested loops

382

(2)

Complex conditions

384

(2)

Documentation

386

(1)

Programming pitfalls

386

(1)

Summary

386

(1)

Exercises

387

(1)

Testing

388

(14)

Introduction

388

(1)

Program specifications

389

(1)

Exhaustive testing

390

(1)

Black box (functional) testing

390

(3)

White box (structural) testing

393

(2)

Inspections and walkthroughs

395

(1)

Stepping through code

396

(1)

Formal verification

396

(1)

Incremental development

397

(1)

Programming principles

397

(1)

Summary

398

(1)

Exercises

398

(2)

Answers to self-test questions

400

(2)

Interfaces

402

(6)

Introduction

402

(1)

Interfaces for design

402

(3)

Interfaces and interoperability

405

(1)

Programming principles

406

(1)

Programming pitfalls

406

(1)

New language elements

406

(1)

Summary

406

(1)

Exercises

407

(1)

Polymorphism

408

(11)

Introduction

408

(1)

Polymorphism in action

409

(3)

Casting

412

(1)

Rules for casting

412

(3)

Programming principles

415

(1)

Programming pitfalls

416

(1)

New language elements

417

(1)

Summary

417

(1)

Exercises

417

(1)

Answer to self-test question

418

(1)

Appendices

419

(16)

A Selected library components

419

(15)

B Keywords

434

(1)

Bibliography

435

(1)

Index

436

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