Free Book: Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours
Here is a free online C# book, Sams
Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours. This book will teach
you how to program using C# (CSharp), Microsoft's newest
programming language, one step at a time
from leading expert, James Foxall. C# is an object-oriented
language that most developers use with the .NET
platform. It combines the power and flexibility of C++ with the
simplicity of Visual Basic. This C# book is aimed at those with little
or no programming experience. The book is written to get you
productively programming in C# as soon and as smoothly as possible. The
author focuses on the practical application of the technology and
teaches practical skills that you can apply immediately toward a
development project. This C# book is divided into five parts, each
one focusing on a different aspect of developing applications
with C#. These parts generally follow the flow of tasks you'll perform
as you begin creating your own programs using C#.
Table of Contents of Sam's Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours:
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think!
- Introduction
- Audience and Organization
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Onward and Upward!
- Part I. The Visual Studio Environment
- Hour 1. A C# Programming Tour
- Hour 2. Navigating C#
- Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
- Hour 4. Understanding Events
- Part II. Building a User Interface
- Hour 5. Building FormsPart I
- Hour 6. Building FormsPart II
- Hour 7. Working with the Traditional Controls
- Hour 8. Advanced Controls
- Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
- Hour 10. Drawing and Printing
- Part III. Making Things HappenProgramming!
- Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods
- Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
- Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
- Hour 14. Making Decisions in C# Code
- Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency
- Hour 16. Debugging Your Code
- Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes
- Hour 18. Interacting with Users
- Part IV. Working with Data
- Hour 19. Performing File Operations
- Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
- Hour 21. Working with a Database
- Part V. Deploying Solutions and Beyond
- Hour 22. Deploying a Solution
- Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development
- Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
- Appendix A. Answers to Quizzes/Exercises