Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Step By Step

Teach yourself how to build applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio® 2012—one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for mastering core C# language features and creating working applications and components for Windows®.

Discover how to:

• Work with variables, non-reserved identifiers, statements, operators, and methods
• Use the new application models provided by Windows 8 and the Windows Runtime
• Create interfaces and define abstract classes
• Manage errors and exception handling
• Use collection classes
• Work with databases by using DataBinding with the Entity Framework
• Respond to user input and gestures; gather input from devices and other sources
• Handle events arising from multiple sources
• Develop your first Windows 8 apps

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft
Chapter 1: Welcome to C#
Chapter 2: Working with Variables, Operators, and Expressions
Chapter 3: Writing Methods and Applying Scope
Chapter 4: Using Decision Statements
Chapter 5: Using Compound Assignment
Chapter 6: Managing Errors and Exceptions

Part II: Understanding the C# Object Model
Chapter 7: Creating and Managing Classes and Objects
Chapter 8: Understanding Values and References
Chapter 9: Creating Value Types with Enumerations and Structures
Chapter 10: Using Arrays
Chapter 11: Understanding Parameter Arrays
Chapter 12: Working with Inheritance
Chapter 13: Creating Interfaces and
Chapter 14: Using Garbage Collection and Resource Management

Part III: Defining Extensible Types with C#
Chapter 15: Implementing Properties
Chapter 16: Using Indexers
Chapter 17: Introducing Generics
Chapter 18: Using Collections
Chapter 19: Enumerating Collections
Chapter 20: Decoupling Application Logic
Chapter 21: Querying In-Memory Data by Using Query Expressions
Chapter 22: Operator Overloading

Part IV: Building Professional Windows 8 Applications with C#
Chapter 23: Improving Throughput
Chapter 24: Improving Response Time by Performing Asynchronous Operations
Chapter 25: Implementing the User Interface for a Windows Store App
Chapter 26: Displaying and Searching for Data in a Windows Store App
Chapter 27: Accessing a Remote Database in a Windows Store App