The book is aimed at novice programmers with no prior C# programming experience and begins with creating your first C# program then moves into C# and OO programming fundamentals, Windows programming and coverage of generics. The book is divided into sections including:
• Creating your first C# program - gets the reader creating and
Windows and Console application immediately.
• Basic C# programming - variables, operators
• Object - based programming - classes and arrays, class
methods for C#
• Object-oriented programming - OO primer, inheritence,
handling C# files, exceptions
• Windows Programming - Creating Windows applications with
C# and Visual Studio
• Part of 10's - Debugging, errors, and C#, C++ and Java
comparisons
Part I: Creating Your First C# Programs
Part II: Basic C# Programming
Part III: Object-Based Programming
Part IV: Object-Oriented Programming
Part V: Beyond Basic Classes
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Appendix: About the CD
Bonus Chapters on the CD-ROM!
Author Descriptions
Stephen R. Davis, who goes by the name of Randy, lives with his wife and son near Dalls, Texas. He and his family have written numerous books, including C++ For Dummies and C++ Weekend Crash Course. Stephen works for L-3 Communications.
Chuck Sphar escaped Microsoft’s C++ documentation camps in 1997, after six year’s hard labor as a senior technical writer. He’s perpetrated two previous tomes, one on object-oriented programming for the Mac and one on Microsoft’s MFC class library. He’s currently finishing a novel about ancient Rome (againstrome.com) and gobbling mouthfuls of .NET programming. Chuck can be reached for praise and minor nits at csharp@chucksphar.com.