Table of Contents

• HOUR 1: The .NET Framework and C#  
• HOUR 2: Introducing Visual Studio   
• HOUR 3: Understanding C# Types   
• HOUR 4: Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way   
• HOUR 5: Inheritance, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes    
• HOUR 6: Creating Enumerated Types and Structures    
• HOUR 7: Events and Event Handling    
• HOUR 8: Controlling Program Flow    
• HOUR 9: Using Strings and Regular Expressions 
• HOUR 10: Working with Arrays and Collections  
• HOUR 11: Handling Errors Using Exceptions   
• HOUR 12: Understanding Generics    
• HOUR 13: Understanding Query Expressions  
• HOUR 14: Using Files and Streams   
• HOUR 15: Working with XML    
• HOUR 16: Working with Databases    
• HOUR 17: Building a Windows Application    
• HOUR 18: Using Data Binding and Validation    
• HOUR 19: Building Windows Store Apps 
• HOUR 20: Building a Web Application
• HOUR 21: Programming with Attributes
• HOUR 22: Dynamic Types and Language Interoperability
• HOUR 23: Memory Organization and Garbage Collection 
• HOUR 24: Understanding Threads, Concurrency, and Parallelism
  

About the Author

Scott J. Dorman is a Microsoft C# MVP, speaker, blogger, and the creator of the WP Requests and WinStore Requests websites. Scott has been involved with computers in one way or another for as long as he can remember, but started professionally in 1993 and has been working with .NET and C# since 2001. Currently, Scott’s primary focus is developing commercial software applications using Microsoft .NET technologies. Scott runs a software architecture-focused user group, speaks extensively (including at Microsoft TechEd and community-sponsored code camps), and contributes regularly to online communities such as The Code Project and StackOverflow. Scott also maintains a .NET Framework and C#-focused technology blog at http://geekswithblogs.com/sdorman.