Murach’s C#, 7th Edition

Length: 816 pages
Edition: 7
Language: English
Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates
Publication Date: 2020-12-18
ISBN-10: 1943872538
ISBN-13: 9781943872534
Sales Rank: #67401 (See Top 100 Books)

This C# book has been a favorite of developers ever since the 1st edition came out in 2004. So you can be sure that this latest edition will deliver the professional skills you’re looking for today. In fact, it will teach you the C# essentials more easily than ever, as it shows you how to take advantage of the most recent releases of C#, .NET, and Visual Studio.

It’s a self-paced book that shows you how to use Visual Studio, C#, and the .NET classes to develop Windows Forms applications…whether you’re new to programming or not. It’s an object-oriented book that shows you how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they’re used in the real world. It’s a database programming book that shows you how to create professional database applications using Entity Framework and LINQ or ADO.NET.

When you’re done, you’ll be able to develop 3-tiered, object-oriented, Windows Forms applications the way the best professionals do. And you’ll have the essential skills that you need to develop any C# application…whether for the desktop, the web, or mobile devices.

Introduction
Section 1 An introduction to Visual Studio
Chapter 1 How to get started with Visual Studio
Chapter 2 How to design a Windows Forms application
Chapter 3 How to code and test a Windows Forms application
Section 2 The C# language essentials
Chapter 4 How to work with numeric and string data
Chapter 5 How to code control structures
Chapter 6 How to code methods and event handlers
Chapter 7 How to handle exceptions and validate data
Chapter 8 How to use arrays and collections
Chapter 9 How to work with dates and strings
Chapter 10 More skills for working with Windows forms and controls
Chapter 11 How to debug an application
Section 3 Object-oriented programming
Chapter 12 How to create and use classes
Chapter 13 How to work with indexers, delegates, events, and operators
Chapter 14 How to work with inheritance
Chapter 15 How to work with interfaces and generics
Chapter 16 How to organize, document, and test your classes
Section 4 Basic skills for working with data
Chapter 17 How to work with file /O
Chapter 18 How to use LINQ
Section 5 Database programming
Chapter 19 An introduction to database programming
Chapter 20 How to use Entity Framework Core
Chapter 21 How to use ADO.NET to write your own data access code
Chapter 22 How to use the DataGridView control
Reference aids
Appendix A How to set up Windows for this book
Index