C# 24-hour trainer / Rod Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephens, Rod, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

C (Computer program language).

C# (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (607 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Indiana : Wrox, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

C# 24-Hour Trainer, Second Edition is your quick and easy guide to programming in C#, even if you have no programming experience at all. Updated to align with the latest C# standard, this book is your comprehensive beginner's guide, with each lesson supplemented by a video, for over ten hours of video training. Each chapter focuses on a specific concept or technique, with detailed, easy-to-follow explanation followed by a hands-on exercise. The goals of each exercise are outlined in advance to help you understand what you're working toward, and step-by-step instructions walk you through the operation from start to finish. Complex areas are clarified with specifically highlighted pointers that head off confusion, and additional exercises are provided so you can practice your new skills. Full instructor ancillaries are included to make this guide classroom ready, and the author's own website offers ongoing support.

Contents:

""Introduction""; ""What's New in the Second Edition""; ""Who This Book Is For""; ""What This Book Covers (And What It Doesn't)""; ""The Wrox 24-Hour Trainer Approach""; ""How This Book Is Structured""; ""What You Need to Use This Book""; ""Conventions""; ""Source Code""; ""Errata""; ""p2p.wrox.com""; ""Section I: The Visual Studio IDE and Controls""; ""Lesson 1: Getting Started with the Visual Studio IDE""; ""Installing C#""; ""Configuring the IDE""; ""Building Your First Program""; ""Copying Projects""; ""Exploring the IDE""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 2: Creating Controls""

""Understanding Controls""""Creating Controls""; ""Setting Control Properties""; ""Arranging Controls""; ""WPF Controls""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 3: Making Controls Arrange Themselves""; ""Restricting Form Size""; ""Using Anchor Properties""; ""Using Dock Properties""; ""Layout Containers""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 4: Handling Events""; ""Making Event Handlers""; ""Using Event Parameters""; ""Removing Event Handlers""; ""Adding and Removing Event Handlers in Code""; ""Useful Events""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 5: Making Menus""; ""Creating Menus""

""Setting Menu Properties""""Handling Menu Events""; ""Creating Context Menus""; ""WPF Menus""; ""WPF Context Menus""; ""WPF Commanding""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 6: Making Tool Strips and Status Strips""; ""Using Tool Strips""; ""Using Tool Strip Containers""; ""Using Status Strips""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 7: Using RichTextBoxes""; ""Using RichTextBox Properties""; ""Giving the User Control""; ""Using RichTextBox Methods""; ""Using WPF Commands""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 8: Using Standard Dialogs""; ""Using Dialogs in General""

""Using Dialog Properties""""Using File Filters""; ""Using Dialogs in WPF""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 9: Creating and Displaying New Forms""; ""Adding New Forms""; ""Understanding Classes and Instances""; ""Displaying Forms""; ""Controlling Remote Forms""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 10: Building Custom Dialogs""; ""Making Custom Dialogs""; ""Setting the Dialog Result""; ""Using Custom Dialogs""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Section II: Variables and Calculations""; ""Lesson 11: Using Variables and Performing Calculations""; ""What Are Variables?""; ""Data Types""

""Declaring Variables""""Literal Values""; ""Type Conversions""; ""Performing Calculations""; ""Constants""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 12: Debugging Code""; ""Deferred Techniques""; ""Debugging Then and Now""; ""Setting Breakpoints""; ""Reading Variables""; ""Stepping Through Code""; ""Using Watches""; ""Using the Immediate Window""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 13: Understanding Scope""; ""Scope within a Class""; ""Accessibility""; ""Restricting Scope and Accessibility""; ""Try It""; ""Exercises""; ""Lesson 14: Working with Strings""; ""String Methods""

""Format and ToString""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 23, 2016).

ISBN:

9781119065692

1119065690

9781119065654

1119065658