Starting out with Visual C#, Global Edition

For courses in introductory C# programming. A clear and student-friendly introduction to Visual C# Starting Out with Visual C# uses step-by-step instructions that are supported by familiar graphics to encourage and motivate students as they learn to create GUI-based, event-driven Visual C# applications. Every chapter includes hands-on tutorials, down-to-earth explanations and detailed walk-throughs to help students gain confidence in their skills.

The 6th Edition features new and updated discussions, sections and tutorials aligned to the most current version of Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 and the latest versions of C# and .NET. A new chapter dives deeper into classes.

Starting Out with Visual C# is an ideal introductory Visual C# text for everyone, even if you do not have programming experience. Author Tony Gaddis uses step-by-step instructions that are supported by a GUI-based approach to encourage and motivate you as you learn to create event-driven, Visual C# applications. The hands-on tutorials feature clear, down-to-earth explanations and provide detailed walk-throughs that are easy to follow.

The 6th Edition features new and updated discussions, sections and tutorials aligned to Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and the latest versions of C# and .NET. A new Chapter 11 dives deeper into classes. It covers intermediate to advanced topics, including returning objects from methods; writing a ToString method; working with null; the this reference variable; copy constructors; aggregation and composition; anonymous objects; mutable and immutable classes; and class collaboration.

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About our author

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. Tony has 20 years of experience teaching computer science courses at Haywood Community College in North Carolina. He is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College Teacher of the Year and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.

The Starting Out With series includes introductory books using the C++ programming language, the Java programming language, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® C#®, Python, Programming Logic and Design, MIT App Inventor, and Alice, all published by Pearson.

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Starting Out with Visual C# is an ideal introductory Visual C# text for everyone, even if you do not have programming experience. Author Tony Gaddis uses step-by-step instructions that are supported by a GUI-based approach to encourage and motivate you as you learn to create event-driven, Visual C# applications. The hands-on tutorials feature clear, down-to-earth explanations and provide detailed walk-throughs that are easy to follow.

The 6th Edition features new and updated discussions, sections and tutorials aligned to Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and the latest versions of C# and .NET. A new Chapter 11 dives deeper into classes. It covers intermediate to advanced topics, including returning objects from methods; writing a ToString method; working with null; the this reference variable; copy constructors; aggregation and composition; anonymous objects; mutable and immutable classes; and class collaboration.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Computers and Programming
2. Introduction to Visual C#
3. Processing Data
4. Making Decisions
5. Loops, Files, and Random Numbers
6. Modularizing Your Code with Methods
7. Arrays and Lists
8. Text Processing
9. Structured Data Types
10. Introduction to Classes
11. More About Classes
12. Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Interfaces
13. Databases
14. Delegates, Anonymous Methods, and Lambda Expressions

15. Language-Integrated Query (LINQ Appendices

16. C# Primitive Data Types
17. Additional User Interface Controls
18. ASCII/Unicode Characters
19. Answers to Checkpoint Questions
20. Installing LINQ to SQL Classes in Visual Studio