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The C# Essentials online book contains 28 chapters of detailed information intended to provide everything necessary to gain proficiency as a C# programmer.

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About C# Essentials 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 Options for Installing a C# Environment C# Source File Naming Conventions Creating a Sample C# Program Compiling C# Code From the Command Line Executing a Compiled C# Program Creating a Simple C# GUI Application with Visual Studio Installing Visual Studio with C# Support Creating a new Visual Studio C# Project Adding Components to the Windows Form Changing Component Names Changing Component Properties Adding Behavior to a Visual Studio C# Application C# Variables and Constants What is a C# Variable? What is a C# Constant? C# Integer Variable Types C# Floating Point Variables The C# Decimal Variable Type C# Boolean Variable Type C# Character Variable Type C# String Variables Casting Variable Types in C# C# Operators and Expressions What is an Expression? The Basic Assignment Operator C# Arithmetic Operators C# Operator Precedence Compound Assignment Operators Increment and Decrement Operators Comparison Operators Boolean Logical Operators The Ternary Operator C# Flow Control Using if and else Using the if Statement Using if ... else .. Statements Using if ... else if .. Statements The C# switch Statement Why Use a switch Statement? Using the switch Statement Syntax A switch Statement Example Explaining the Example Using goto in a C# switch Statement Using continue in a C# switch Statement C# Looping - The for Statement The C# for Loop C# Loop Variable Scope Creating an Infinite for Loop Breaking Out of a for Loop Nested for Loops Breaking From Nested Loops Continuing for Loops C# Looping with do and while Statements The C# while Loop C# do ... while loops Breaking from Loops The continue Statement C# Object Oriented Programming What is an Object? What is a Class? Declaring a C# Class Creating C# Class Members Static, Read-only and Const Data Members Instantiating an Object from a C# Class Accessing C# Object Members Adding Methods to a C# Class C# Constructors and Finalizers C# Inheritance What is Inheritance? An Example of Inheritance Creating a Subclass in C# Passing Arguments to the Base Class Constructor Understanding C# Abstract Classes What is a C# Abstract Class? Abstract Members Declaring a C# Abstract Class Deriving from an Abstract Class The Difference Between abstract and virtual Members Introducing C# Arrays Creating Arrays in C# Declaring a Multidimensional Array Accessing Array Values Getting the Length of an Array Sorting and Manipulating 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# Creating Strings in C# Obtaining the Length of a C# String Treating Strings as Arrays Concatenating Strings in C# Comparing Strings in C# Changing String Case Splitting a C# String into Multiple Parts Trimming and Padding C# Strings C# String Replacement Formatting Strings in C# The Syntax of the String.Format() Method A Simple C# String Format Example Using Format Controls As Simple Format Control Example The C# String.Format() Format Controls Working with Dates and Times in C# Creating a C# Date Time Objects Getting the Current System Time and Date Adding or Subtracting from Dates and Times Retrieving Parts of a Date and Time Formating Dates and Times 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 Event Triggers Wiring Up Events in Visual Studio Compile and Running the Application Setting Up a C# Timer Event C# Events and Event Parameters The Anatomy of an Event Handler A C# EventArgs Example C# EventArg Object Properties Identifying which Mouse Button was Clicked Hiding and Showing Forms in C# Creating a C# Application Containing Multiple Forms Understanding Modal and Non-modal Forms Writing C# Code to Display a Non-Modal Form Writing C# Code to Display a Modal Form Hiding Forms in C# Closing Forms in C# Creating Top-Level Menus in C# Creating a Top-Level Menu Deleting and Moving Menu Items Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Menu Items Programming Menu Items in C# Creating Context Menus in C# Adding Context Menus to a C# Form Associating a Component with a Context Menu Programming C# Context Menu Options Compiling and Running the Application Building a Toolbar with C# and Visual Studio Creating a Toolbar Adding Tooltip Text to Toolbar Controls Programming Toolbar Controls Changing the Toolbar Position Drawing Graphics in C# Persistent Graphics Creating a Graphics Object Creating a Pen In C# Drawing Lines in C# Drawing Squares and Rectangles in C# Drawing Ellipses and Circles in C# Drawing Text with C# Using Bitmaps for Persistent Graphics in C# Why Use Bitmaps for Graphics Persistence in C#? Creating a Bitmap Instantiating a Bitmap and Creating a Graphics Object Drawing onto the Bitmap Rendering a Bitmap Image on a Control Changing the Background Color of a Bitmap

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