C Sharp Essentials
The C# Essentials online book is currently under development and is due to be completed in February 2008.
Table of Contents
- The C# Language and Environment
- A Brief History of Computer Programming Languages
- What exactly is C#?
- The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)
- Common Intermediate Language (CIL)
- Virtual Execution System (VES)
- Common Type System (CTS) & Common Language Specification (CLS)
- The Framework (Base Class and Framework Class Libraries)
- Non Microsoft Implementations of the CLI
- A Simple C# Console Application
- Creating a Simple C# GUI Application with Visual Studio
- C# Variables and Constants
- C# Operators and Expressions
- C# Flow Control Using if and else
- The C# switch Statement
- C# Looping - The for Statement
- C# Looping with do and while Statements
- C# Object Oriented Programming
- C# Inheritance
- Understanding C# Abstract Classes
- Introducing C# Arrays
- C# List and ArrayList Collections
- What are C# Collection Classes
- Creating C# List Collections - List<T> and ArrayList
- Adding Items to Lists
- Accessing List Items
- Removing Items From Lists
- Inserting Items into a C# List
- Sorting Lists in C#
- Finding Items in a C# List or ArrayList
- Obtaining Information About a List
- Clearing and Trimming C# Lists
- Working with Strings in C#
- Formatting Strings in C#
- C# and Windows Forms
- Creating a New Form
- Changing the Form Name
- Changing the Form Title
- Changing the Form Background Color
- Changing The Form Background Image
- Configuring the Minimize, Maximize and Close Buttons
- Setting Minimum and Maximum Form Sizes
- Specifying the Position of a Form on the Display
- Changing the Form Border
- Stopping a Form from Appearing the Windows Taskbar
- Creating a Transparent Form
- Designing Forms in C# and Visual Studio
- Visual Basic Forms and Controls
- Double Clicking the Control in the Toolbox
- Dragging a Dropping Controls onto the Form
- Drawing a Control on the Form
- Positioning and Sizing Controls Using the Grid
- Positioning Controls Using Snap Lines
- Selecting Multiple Controls
- Aligning and Sizing Groups of Controls
- Setting Properties on a Group of Controls
- Anchoring and Autosizing Form Controls
- Setting Tab Order in a Form
- Understanding C# GUI Events
- Creating Top-Level Menus in C#
- Creating Context Menus in C#