C# .NET: For Complete Beginners

C# is one of the top programming languages in the world. It's used everywhere, from businesses to gaming. In this book, you'll start as a beginner and work your way towards an intermediate level. You get to code all the way, rather than wading through long sections of dull theory. There's no software to buy, as this book uses the free Community edition from Microsoft. (Download location is in the book.) What you'll be learning:

Introduction
Getting started with C#
A simple C# console app
Your first windows form
Variables - strings
Variables - numbers
Calculator project
Conditional logic
Programming loop
Adding menus to windows forms in C#
Checkboxes and radio buttons
Error handling and debugging
Methods
Understanding arrays
Collections
String manipulation in C#
LINQ
LINQ queries
Events
Classes and objects in C# .net
Manipulating files with C# .net
Sql server express and visual C# .net
Creating a database project
Creating multiple forms
Working with dates and time in visual C# .net
Graphics
C# charts
Create your own browser
Picture viewer – a project
Image editing
Sending email with C# .net
Receive emails with C# net
Create a database with two tables
Code your own drawing program
Designing the form
Version control
Loading a combo box with system colors
Undo and redo a drawing
Drawing a stick figure female
Drawing text on a picture box
Save a picture box image
Answers to exercises

If you've always wanted to learn how to program using a modern language, this book is for you.