About this course

This training course teaches developers the programming skills that are required for developers to create Windows applications using the Visual C# language. During their five days in the classroom students review the basics of Visual C# program structure, language syntax, and implementation details, and then consolidate their knowledge throughout the week as they build an application that incorporates several features of the .NET Framework 4.7.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Core syntax and features of Visual C#
• Create methods handle exceptions, and describe the monitoring requirements of large-scale applications
• Implement the basic structure and essential elements of a typical desktop application
• Create classes, define and implement interfaces, and create and use generic collections
• Use inheritance to create a class hierarchyand to extend a .NET Framework class.
• Read and write data by using file input/output and streams and serialize/deserialize data in different formats
• Create and use an entity data model for accessing a database and use LINQ to querydata
• Access and query remote data by using the types in the System.Net namespace and WCF Data Services.
• Build a graphical user interface by using XAML
• Improve the throughput and response time of applications by using tasks and asynchronous operations
• Integrate unmanaged libraries and dynamic components into a C# application
• Exam the metadata of types using reflection, create and use custom attributes, generate code at runtime, and manage assembly versions
• Encrypt and decrypt data by using symmetric and asymmetric encryption

Module 1: Review of Visual C# Syntax

• Writing Applications Using C#
• Datatypes, Operators, and Expressions
• C# Programming Language Constructs 

Module 2: Creating Methods, Handling Exceptions, and Monitoring Applications

• Creating and Invoking Methods
• Creating Overloaded Methods and Using Optional and Output Parameters
• Handling Exceptions
• Monitoring Applications

Module 3: Basic types and constructs of Visual C#

• Implementing Structs and Enums
• Organizing Data into Collections
• Handling Events

Module 4: Creating Classes and Implementing Type-Safe Collections

• Creating Classes
• Defining and Implementing Interfaces
• Implementing Type-Safe Collections

Module 5: Creating a Class Hierarchy by Using Inheritance

• Creating Class Hierarchies
• Extending .NET Framework Classes

Module 6: Reading and Writing Local Data

• Reading and Writing Files
• Serializing and Deserializing Data
• Performing I/O Using Streams

Module 7: Accessing a Database

• Creating and Using Entity Data Models
• Querying Data Using LINQ

Module 8: Accessing Remote Data

• Accessing Data Across the Web
• Accessing Data in the OData Connected Services

Module 9: Designing the User Interface for a Graphical Application

• Using XAML to Design a User Interface
• Binding Controls to Data

Module 10: Improving Application Performance and Responsiveness

• Implementing Multitasking
• Performing Operations Asynchronously
• Synchronizing Concurrent Access to Data

Module 11: Integrating with Unmanaged Code

• Creating and Using Dynamic Objects
• Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Unmanaged Resources

Module 12: Creating Reusable Types and Assemblies

• Examining Object Metadata
• Creating and Using Custom Attributes
• Generating Managed Code
• Versioning, Signing, and Deploying Assemblies

Module 13: Encrypting and Decrypting Data

• Implementing Symmetric Encryption
• Implementing Asymmetric Encryption

This course is intended for experienced developers who already have programming experience in C, C++, JavaScript, Objective-C, Microsoft Visual Basic, or Java and understand the concepts of object-oriented programming.

This course is not designed for students who are new to programming; it is targeted at professional developers with at least one month of experience programming in an object-oriented environment.

Experience using:

• Arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations involving one or more variables
• Relational operators to test the relationship between two variables or expressions
• Logical operators to combine expressions that contain relational operators

Experience creating:

• Code syntax for simple programming statements using C# language keywords and recognize syntax errors using the Visual Studio IDE
• Simple branching structure using an IF statement
• Simple looping structure using a For statement to iterate through a data array
• Function that accepts arguments (parameters and returns a value of a specified type

Understanding of how to:

• Use the Visual Studio IDE to locate simple logic errors
• Design and build a simple user interface using standard controls from the Visual Studio toolbox
• Connect to a SQL Server database and the basics of how to retrieve and store data
• Sort data in a loop
• Recognize the classes and methods used in a program