.NET Programming using C# part A Course

This two day course teaches programming the C# language, explaining data types, control statements, objects and classes, exception handling and writing components.

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Intermediate Level

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2 Day Course

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Certification Awarded

Study materials

Learning options for this course

Classroom

This course can be taken at our Training Centre in Dublin 2. Socially distanced learning. Full interaction with expert trainers.

Virtual Classroom

Daytime or evenings using iLiveLearning. Full interaction with the trainer, just like in the classroom. Software provided.

Skills You will have at the end of the Course

Create well structured Classes and Interfaces.
Correct use of Inheritance.
Exception Handling.
Accessing databases with ADO .NET
Creating Components

Course overview

This two day course teaches programming the C# language, explaining data types, control statements, objects and classes, exception handling and writing components. The course concentrates on teaching the C# language and elements of standard .NET Framework Class Library, Structs and other data types.

Requirements

This course assumes that attendees have previous programming experience in a language such as Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++ or JAVA.

Certification

At the end of the course, you’ll be Certified by the Irish Academy of Computer Training

IACT Certification

Who would benefit

A developer moving to C# from another language.

Why take the Course

If you want to get a jump start in using C#. The course encourages the good design and implementation of classes.

Online Option

Course curriculum

Section 1 : Introduction to C# and .NET

C# described. The origins of C# and its relationship to C++, Visual Basic and Java. The .NET framework and .NET runtime. Language interoperability. Building your first C# application.

Section 2 : Language Basics

Data types (types, pre-defined types and arrays). The String and StringBuilder classes. Enumerations. Structures. Control statements (‘if’, ‘switch’, ‘while’, ‘do’, ‘for’, ‘foreach’, ‘break’, ‘return’ etc). Operators and expressions. Reference and Value Types. Type system unification and boxing.

Section 3 : Classes, Structs, Interfaces and Inheritance

Classes and namespaces. Creating objects. The ‘using’ keyword. The ‘this’ keyword. Class members – fields, methods, properties and events. Overloaded methods. Static class members. Static Classes. Garbage collection and reference counting. Inheritance. Access modifiers. Class conversions, polymorphism and virtual function members. Abstract classes and abstract members. Defining and using Interfaces. Partial Types. Constructors, destructors and finalizers. Attribute programming and using predefined attributes in code.

Section 4 : Exception Handling

Checked and unchecked statements. Catching with ‘try’ and ‘catch’. Cleaning up with ‘try’ and ‘finally’. Using ‘try’, ‘catch’ and ‘finally’ altogether. Throwing exceptions. Deriving from the Exception class.

Section 5 : Debugging

Creating a debug version of your application. Setting break points. Stepping through your program. Managing exception handling.

Section 6 : Accessing databases with ADO.NET

Using ADO.NET to connect to database such as Microsoft SQL Server. Using the DataSet, SqlConnection, SqlCommand and SqlDataReader classes.

Section 7 : Collections

Overview of collection classes. Iterating over collections. Predefined collection classes (eg. Array, ArrayList, Hashtable, SortedList, StringCollection and StringDictionary). Generic Collections.

Section 8 : Streams and IO

Streams and backing stores. The abstract Stream class. Concrete stream derived classes. The BinaryReader and BinaryWriter classes.TextReader and TextWriter classes. StreamReader and StreamWriter classes. Working with directories and files. Using Isolated Storage.

Section 9 : Creating components

Building the component. Creating a simple client application. Working with namespaces. COM interoperability. Exposing .NET runtime objects to COM. Registering .NET components for use with COM.

Section 10 : Configuration and Deployment

Conditional compilation. Adding documentation comments in XML. Deployment.

Section 11 : Assemblies and Modules

Elements of an assembly. Scoping types and type references. Naming and signing assemblies. Resolving and loading assemblies.

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