C# Fundamentals

By Scott Allen
This course gives you everything you need to become a productive C# developer on any platform. Learn the basics of reading and writing C# code in your own applications.
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(1112)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Apr 16, 2019
Duration
6h 4m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Introducing C# and .NET
Introduction 1m Downloading .NET for Windows, macOS, and Linux 3m Understanding .NET and .NET Core 2m Understanding the .NET Runtime and Framework 3m Using the .NET Command Line Interface 4m Creating the First C# Project 5m Editing C# Code with Visual Studio Code 5m Running and Building Your Project 7m Saying Hello with C# 8m Debugging a C# Application 9m Summary 1m
Learning the C# Syntax
Introduction 1m Reviewing Your Assignment 1m Working with Code Blocks and Statements 9m Adding Numbers and Creating Arrays 7m Looping through Arrays 6m Using a List 8m Computing and Formatting the Result 3m Summary 1m
Working with Classes and Objects
Introduction 0m Creating a Class 6m Adding State and Behavior 4m Defining a Method 3m Defining a Field 3m Adding a Constructor 8m Requiring Constructor Parameters 7m Working with Static Members 9m Computing Statistics 2m Solving the Statistics Challenge 3m Summary 1m
Testing Your Code
Introduction 1m The Many Benefits of Unit Testing 2m Creating a Unit Test Project 5m Writing and Running a Test 8m Referencing Projects and Packages 8m Refactoring for Testability 11m Summary 0m
Working with Reference Types and Value Types
Introduction 0m Reference Types and Value Types 4m Creating a Solution File 3m Testing Object References 7m Referencing Different Objects 4m Passing Parameters by Value 2m Returning Object References 4m Passing Parameters by Reference 5m Working with Value Types 2m Value Type Parameters 1m Looking for Reference Types and Value Types 6m The Special Case of Strings in .NET 4m Taking Advantage of Garbage Collection 2m Summary 0m
Controlling the Flow of Execution
Introduction 1m Branching with if Statements 5m Looping with for, foreach, do, and while 7m Jumping with break and continue 3m Switching with the switch Statement 6m Pattern Matching with switch 5m Challenge: Taking User Input from the Console 2m One Solution 5m Throwing Exceptions 4m Catching Exceptions 6m Summary 0m
Building Types
Introduction 0m Overloading Methods 3m Defining Properties 5m Defining Property Getters and Setters 3m Defining readonly Members 2m Defining const Members 3m Introducing Events and Delegates 1m Defining a Delegate 8m Using Multi-cast Delegates 5m Defining an Event 8m Subscribing to an Event 6m Summary 0m
Object-oriented Programming with C#
Introduction 0m The Pillars of OOP 1m Deriving from a Base Class 5m Chaining Constructors 3m Deriving from System.Object 3m Setting up a Scenario 4m Defining an Abstract Class 7m Defining an Interface 7m Writing Grades to a File 6m Using IDisposable 6m A Statistical Challenge 4m Refactoring Statistics 9m Summary 1m
Catching up with the Latest in C#
Introduction 0m Working with Non-nullable Reference Types 8m Summary 0m
Going Further with C#
Introduction 0m Generics 1m Async C# 0m LINQ 0m Effective C# 1m
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Course info
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Level
Beginner
Updated
Apr 16, 2019
Duration
6h 4m
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Description

C# has consistently been one of the top three programming languages to learn as it's used widely throughout the industry. This course, C# Fundamentals, will help you be comfortable with fundamental programming concepts on any platform. First, you will learn about the syntax of the C# language. Next, you will discover the built-in features of .NET. Finally, you will explore how to solve problems using object-oriented programming techniques. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge you need for real-world solutions.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What is C#?

C# is a general purpose and object-oriented programming language.

What is C# used for?

C# is commonly used for backend services, windows applications, website development, and game development.

What will I learn in this C# course?

In this course, you will learn about the .NET framework, how to build a gradebook application, define classes and methods, error handling, and object oriented programming.

What prerequisites are required for this course?

Prerequisites for this course are a baseline knowledge of programming, familiarity with true and false, Boolean logic and how to write a loop in another language.

What is .Net framework?

.NET framework is a Microsoft software that is made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries needed to build different types of applications.

About the author
Scott Allen
About the author

Scott has over 15 years of experience in commercial software development and is a frequent speaker at national conferences, and local user groups. Scott is a Microsoft MVP and has authored books on several Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET, C#, and Windows Workflow.

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Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi. This is Scott Allen, and welcome to C# Fundamentals. The goal of this course is to give you all the knowledge that you need to start being productive with the C# programming language. C# has consistently been one of the top three programming languages to learn because it's used widely in the industry and it's an expressive and powerful language. In this course, we're going to learn about the C# language, as well as the .NET Framework that you'll use when building software with C#. We are going to build a gradebook application to store grades from a class of students, and along the way we'll learn how to define classes and methods in C#, as well as learn essential topics like error handling. We'll also discuss object‑oriented programming with C#, and I'll give you a list of my best practices for the language before we leave the course. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to contribute to your own projects with C#, and you'll also be prepared to move on to some additional C# courses, covering features in more detail, like generics in C# and Language Integrated Query, or LINQ, with C#. Now, I do assume you already have a small amount of basic programming knowledge before you start this course, so hopefully you've already done some work with true and false and Boolean logic, and you've seen how to write a loop in some other language. If so, we're ready to start.

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Course info
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Level
Beginner
Updated
Apr 16, 2019
Duration
6h 4m
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