Beginning Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, Apress
Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Visual C# (CSharp, C Sharp, C-Sharp) Developer Training, Visual Studio
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Microsoft Visual Studio Express is the set of free integrated development environments (IDEs) developed by Microsoft. They are lightweight versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. These easy-to-use, easy-to-learn, and streamlined IDEs are aimed at amateur programmers, hobbyists and students. The Visual C# Express Edition is the best of these. It is free and can be downloaded online.
This book aims to educate the reader in Visual C#—that is, the C# programming language combined with the features of the Visual C# Express Edition IDE. First, the book orients the reader within the Visual C# IDE. Next, the basics of C# programming are presented. Then, more involved topics such as I/O streams, database programming, windowing, and XML processing are elucidated. Throughout, the focus is how to build C# applications using the built-in features of the Visual C# IDE.
The book is filled with screen shots and C# code examples illustrating every step of each new topic. Each topic is designed to add to the C# foundation of the reader. In the end, the reader can expect to be able to create their own Visual C# application and to be ready to dive into an intermediate level text to carry them even farther.
The author writes in an easy-going, conversational, and unintimidating style. And, his obvious empathy and affection for programming beginners shows through. He is an accomplished writer with much success in writing beginning texts for Visual Basic programmers.
All the source code examples in this book are in the C# language.
Bottom line
Beginning Visual C# 2005 Express Edition is a great introduction and tutorial to Visual C#.
Publisher's description
In the 90s, Microsoft did the impossible and released a programming tool that let everyone write programs to run on Windows. I was so excited about that tool, Visual Basic, that I wrote a series of books on it and introduced nearly a quarter of a million people all over the world to programming.
Now Microsoft has done it again with the release of the Express tools. With nearly every home now having a computer and most people having access to the Internet, being able to take control of the computer and write your own programs is more useful and exciting than ever. So I decided to do it again.
In this book you’ll find everything you need to program your computer by using Visual C# 2005 Express, one of the very latest programming tools from Microsoft. I’ve even included Visual C# 2005 Express on the CD in the book, so this is a one-stop shop to get up to speed fast. If you have never written computer programs before, I’ll show you how much fun and how easy it can be. Perhaps you are a programmer and just need to get up to speed on .NET for work—this book is for you too.
I took the same approach with this book that I did with the VB ones, and inside you’ll find a fast-paced guide to the essentials to get you programming fast. You’ll learn the C# language and the tools Visual C# 2005 Express provides. I cover everything from simple console programs to code that talks to the Internet, and even how to write your own database programs. Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn to program with C#, my book will get you where you want to be quickly, and hopefully with a smile on your face. So dive in and change the way you use computers forever.
About the author(s)
Peter Wright has been programming with, and writing about, Microsoft development tools since 1992. He is the author of about a dozen books, including the international best selling series, Beginning Visual Basic, and has written numerous articles for the both the print and online press worldwide. Born in England, Peter now lives in Florida along with his wife, 2 kids, and 2 fluffy attack spaniels called Mac and Tosh.
Table of Contents (abbreviated)
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to C# Express
CHAPTER 2 The Basics of C#
CHAPTER 3 Working with Variables
CHAPTER 4 Classes and Object Orientation in C#
CHAPTER 5 More-Advanced Object Orientation
CHAPTER 6 Handling Exceptions
CHAPTER 7 How C# Express Helps You Code
CHAPTER 8 Building Windows Applications
CHAPTER 9 Windows and Dialogs
CHAPTER 10 Lists
CHAPTER 11 Menus and Toolbars
CHAPTER 12 Delegates—Events Internals
CHAPTER 13 Lists and Generics
CHAPTER 14 Files and Streams
CHAPTER 15 Working with XML
CHAPTER 16 Database Programming
CHAPTER 17 The Internet and C# Express
CHAPTER 18 Threading
CHAPTER 19 Where to Now?
