◊ VISUAL C# ONLINE TRAINING SERIES

Online Visual C# Training

Visual C# Series (19 hours)

ONLINE TRAINING FEATURES

Learn online with these interactive online courses.
Affordable Pricing (Only $99.95 for the complete series)
A full year to complete the courses
Retake the courses as many times as you like
Measure your progress with assessment tests after each course
Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test

1. .NET What You Need to Know

Visual C# 2005: .Net: What You Need to Know, covers the foundations of the .NET programming environment and how to navigate through the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment (IDE). It also shows how to create, compile and execute a simple Visual C# program using either the Visual Studio 2005 IDE or the command line functionality.

Objectives

Discuss the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment at a high level
Describe the benefits and features of using an IDE for Visual C# 2005 development

Topics

Overview of .NET
Building a Console Application

2. First C# Programs

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: First C# Programs, covers how to create, compile and execute a simple Visual C# program with variables, expressions, command-line input and output, using either the Visual Studio 2005 IDE or the command line functionality.

Objectives

Describe the basic structure of C# programs
Use variables and expressions in C# programs
Create C# programs that can perform calculations
Describe the usage of objects and classes in C#
Perform simple input and output in C#

Topics

Basic Structure of C# Programs
Variables and Expressions
Input/Output and Classes in C#

3. Data Types in C#

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Data Types in C#, covers the different data types supported by C# and how to convert information between and among different data types. This course also shows how to map Visual C# data types to the data types supported by the .NET framework.

Objectives

Explain the benefits and usage of a strongly-typed language
Describe the difference between implicit and explicit data type conversion
Demonstrate how to use C# data types in simple programs
Demonstrate how to use nullable types in C# programs

Topics

Introduction to Types
Numeric Types

4. Operators and Expressions

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Operators and Expressions, covers Visual C# operators and expressions. It also shows how to use the precedence table to order C# operators judiciously and efficiently.

Objectives

Describe how to use simple operators in C#
Explain how to use runtime checking to control arithmetic overflow
Demonstrate how to use precedence rules to simplify expressions

Topics

Arithmetic Operators
Relational Operators and Precedence in C#

5. Control Structures and Arrays

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Control Structures and Arrays, covers Visual C# control. It also shows how to create and use applications that use loops and arrays.

Objectives

Create and use iterative control structures in C#
Describe how to create and use loops in C#
Explain how to use arrays with iterative control structures in C#

Topics

Fundamental Control Structures
Arrays in C#

6. Object-Oriented Programming

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Object-Oriented Programming, covers Visual C# object-oriented programming concepts. This course also shows how attributes and behaviors are combined to create classes, and how to model classes using simple object modeling concepts.

Objectives

Explain object-oriented programming concepts in C#
Describe how to model attributes, behaviors and classes in C#
Demonstrate how to document an object-oriented programming model

Topics

Objects
Fundamental Concepts in Object Orientation

7. Classes

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Classes, covers how to create classes, distinguish between classes and objects, and use classes in object-oriented programming. It also shows how C# classes support encapsulation, how to instantiate and initialize classes, and how to use references in C#.

Objectives

Explain how to use classes to represent complex data structures in C#
Demonstrate how to instantiate and initialize classes in C#
Discuss the role of classes in object-oriented programming
Describe the use of references in C#

Topics

Introduction to Classes
Classes and Their Members

8. More About Types

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: More About Types, covers how to distinguish between classes and structs in C#, and understand more about how classes are used to create application specific data types. This course also shows how C# converts simple values to and from object types, using a process called boxing.

Objectives

Explain how C# uses value and reference types
Differentiate between classes and structs in C#
Discuss how boxing is used to convert between value and reference types
Describe the use of references in C#

Topics

Overview of Types
Classes, Structs and Enums

9. Methods, Properties and Operators

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Methods, Properties and Operators, covers how to define and use methods, pass parameters to and from methods, and overload methods and operators. This course also shows how to simplify data access through get and set methods and how to implement methods in C# that take a variable number of parameters.

Objectives

Demonstrate how to define and use methods
Explain how to access data using property syntax
Describe how to overload methods
Describe how to overload operators

Topics

Overview of Methods
Parameters
Modifiers, Properties and Operators

10. Characters and Strings

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Characters and Strings, covers how to define and work with characters and strings in greater detail. This course also shows how to create and work with objects of the String and StringBuilder classes and create applications that process command-line arguments.

Objectives

Demonstrate how to define and use character constants and strings
Explain how to work with the String class
Describe how to work with the StringBuilder class
Discuss how to process command-line arguments

Topics

Working with Characters
Working with Strings
Building Strings and Command-Line Processing

11. Arrays and Indexers

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Arrays and Indexers, covers how to define and work with single-dimension and multiple-dimension arrays. It also shows how to use the Random classes to generate random numbers and how to use indexers to access data within a class using an array syntax.

Objectives

Define and use arrays
Describe how to work with the Random class
Identify how to use an indexer to access internal elements of a class

Topics

Working with Arrays
Arrays, Collections and Indexers

12. Inheritance

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Inheritance, describes how to create hierarchies of classes using inheritance. This course also covers how to use the public, protected and private access qualifiers to encapsulate class implementations and make code easier to maintain.

Objectives

Define and use inheritance
Define and use access qualifiers
Initialize inherited and non-inherited members of a class

Topics

Introduction to Inheritance
Initializing and Constructing Derived Classes

13. Virtual Methods and Polymorphism

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Virtual Methods and Polymorphism, describes how to fully implement polymorphic classes. This course also covers how to create virtual methods that can be redefined by derived classes to create implementation-specific behaviors.

Objectives

Use polymorphism to simplify code and enhance maintainability
Describe and use C# features that support polymorphism
Describe and use static and dynamic binding as appropriate in code

Topics

Introduction to Virtual Methods
Polymorphism

14. Formatting and Conversion

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Formatting and Conversion, describes how to format information for output. This course also covers how to convert information among different data types and define implicit and explicit conversion operators to streamline that process.

Objectives

Use the formatting features of C# to control the look of your output.
Use the methods of the System.Convert class to achieve data type conversions.
Define your own data type conversions.

Topics

Introduction to Formatting
Padding and Conversion

15. Exceptions

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Exceptions, describes how to use the .NET exception handling mechanism to deal with unexpected and anomalous behavior. This course also covers how to create and use custom exceptions based upon the system-provided Exception class.

Objectives

Use the C# exception handling mechanism
Create and use your own custom exceptions
Use the methods of the C# System.Exception class

Topics

Introduction to Exception Handling
Creating Exception Classes

16. Interfaces

Time: 1 hours

Visual C# 2005: Interfaces, describes how to use interfaces to program in a more flexible, generic manner. This course also covers how to create and use custom classes that implement multiple interfaces.

Objectives

Use the C# interface mechanism
Create and use your own custom classes that use interfaces
Use the as and is operators to dynamically determine interface support in classes
Handle similarly named methods from multiple interfaces in the same class