Getting Started
Learn the advantages and architecture of the .NET Framework
Setup a development profile in Visual Studio .NET
View the code that Visual Studio generates and understand what it does
Data Types and Variables
Understand how to create variables and assign values
Explore operators and see how they can be used to change values and compare expressions
Using the .NET Framework
Using .NET Framework classes
Explore basic file IO operations
Learn how to work with strings
Branching and Flow Control
Making choices using conditional statements
Manage flow control using branching statements
Break out of loops when necessary
Classes and Objects
Investigate .NET Framework classes to see how you can consume classes in your code
Learn about properties, methods, and fields
Create instances of classes using class constructors
Investigate class details, including reference vs. value types, and more
Properties and Methods
Explore how to use properties in your classes
Learn to control how property values are set and retrieved
Understand how to pass arguments to methods
Learn how to return both simple and complex data types from methods
Object-Oriented Techniques
Understand how derived classes inherit from base classes
Explore how to add and modify members in derived classes
Understand how to create and use interfaces
Explore techniques for organizing your classes
Working with Arrays
Create and initialize arrays
Work with array methods and properties
Investigate arrays in the .NET Framework
Learn techniques for sorting arrays
Delegates and Events
Learn different ways to work with delegates
Introduce anonymous delegates
Learn how delegates and events are related
Investigate events and event handlers
Generics
Understand the advantages and benefits of generics
Explore the use of generics to sort and search in arrays
See how to use generic interfaces and constraints
Explore the generic List class
Handling Exceptions
Learn to use try/catch blocks to handle runtime errors
Throw exceptions back to procedure callers
Use the finally block to run code unconditionally
Create and handle user-defined exceptions
Collection Classes
Investigate the collection interfaces in the System.Collections.Generic namespace
Create dynamically sized arrays using the List class
Investigate the generic SortedDictionary, SortedList, Stack, and Queue classes
LINQ
Motivate the need for LINQ
Learn about the various LINQ providers
Investigate simple LINQ to Objects, LINQ to SQL, and LINQ to XML samples