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There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects
Visual C# 2005 Demystified explains the language and its libraries and applications as well as how to use the integrated development environment. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
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ISBN-13: | 9780072261707 |
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Publisher: | Osborne |
Publication date: | 09/30/2005 |
Series: | Demystified |
Pages: | 330 |
Product dimensions: | 7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.78(d) |
About the Author
Jeff Kent (Los Angeles, CA) is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen, California. He teaches a number of programming languages, including Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, and Assembler. He also manages a network for a Los Angeles law firm. He has written several books on computer programming, recently Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guide and C++ Demystified (McGraw-Hill/Osborne) and, concurrently with this book, Visual C# 2005 Demystified (McGraw-Hill). He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and then went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola (Los Angeles) School of Law and to practice law.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | xv | |
Introduction | xvii | |
Chapter 1 | Getting Started with Your First Windows Program | 1 |
Obtaining and Installing Visual C# 2005 | 2 | |
System Requirements | 2 | |
Choosing the Right Version | 3 | |
Installing Visual C# 2005 | 4 | |
Starting Your First Visual C# 2005 Project | 4 | |
Starting the Program | 5 | |
Specifying the Type of New Project | 6 | |
Specifying the Name and Location of the Project | 7 | |
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | 8 | |
Run the Project! | 9 | |
What Is a Computer Program? | 11 | |
What Is a Programming Language? | 13 | |
Translating the Code for the Computer | 14 | |
Conclusion | 14 | |
Quiz | 15 | |
Chapter 2 | Writing Your First Code | 17 |
Starting an Existing Project | 18 | |
Design View and Code View | 20 | |
Object Browser | 20 | |
Classes and Objects | 25 | |
Inherits | 25 | |
Namespaces | 25 | |
.NET Framework | 26 | |
Properties | 27 | |
Properties Window | 27 | |
Changing Properties at Design Time | 28 | |
What Is a Windows Application? | 29 | |
Windows Applications Are Gooey | 30 | |
Windows Applications Are Event-Driven | 33 | |
Classes Have Events | 34 | |
Creating an Event Procedure | 34 | |
Creating an Event Procedure Stub | 35 | |
Writing Code Inside the Event Procedure | 37 | |
Conclusion | 40 | |
Quiz | 41 | |
Chapter 3 | Controls | 43 |
Adding Controls to the Form | 44 | |
Toolbox | 44 | |
Copying a Control from the Toolbox to the Form | 45 | |
Changing the Control's Location | 47 | |
Changing the Control's Size | 49 | |
Important Label Properties | 50 | |
Text Property | 50 | |
Name Property | 51 | |
The Label Control in Action | 52 | |
Mouse Coordinates | 52 | |
Creating the Application | 53 | |
How the Code Works | 54 | |
Using Event Procedure Parameters | 56 | |
What If You Type the Wrong Code? | 56 | |
ToString Method | 58 | |
Delegate | 59 | |
Conclusion | 60 | |
Quiz | 61 | |
Chapter 4 | Storing Information-Data Types and Variables | 63 |
Data Types | 64 | |
Numeric Data Types | 65 | |
Text Data Types | 65 | |
Data Types of Visual C# Properties | 66 | |
Variables | 68 | |
Declaring a Variable | 68 | |
Where Do I Declare a Variable? | 71 | |
Constants | 74 | |
Declaring a Constant | 75 | |
Why Use Constants? | 76 | |
Conclusion | 77 | |
Quiz | 78 | |
Chapter 5 | Letting the Program Do the Math-Arithmetic Operators | 79 |
Arithmetic Operators | 80 | |
The Addition Operator | 80 | |
The Subtraction Operator | 81 | |
The Multiplication Operator | 81 | |
The Division Operators | 81 | |
Operator Precedence | 82 | |
Combining Arithmetic and Assignment Operators | 83 | |
Increment and Decrement Operators | 84 | |
The Parse Method | 85 | |
Class Methods | 86 | |
Change Machine Project | 86 | |
Creating the Project | 87 | |
The Algorithm | 89 | |
Conclusion | 91 | |
Quiz | 92 | |
Chapter 6 | Making Comparisons-Comparison and Logical Operators | 93 |
Debugging | 94 | |
Comparison Operators | 96 | |
Numeric Comparison Operators | 96 | |
String Comparisons | 98 | |
Precedence | 99 | |
Logical Operators | 99 | |
The && Operator | 100 | |
The & Operator | 101 | |
The [double vertical line] Operator | 101 | |
The [vertical bar] Operator | 102 | |
The ^ Operator | 102 | |
The ! Operator | 103 | |
Precedence | 104 | |
Why && and [double vertical line] in Addition to & and [vertical bar]? | 104 | |
Conclusion | 105 | |
Quiz | 105 | |
Chapter 7 | Making Choices-if and switch Control Structures | 107 |
Creating a Test Project | 108 | |
The if Control Structure | 108 | |
The if Statement | 109 | |
The if ... else Statement | 113 | |
The if ... else if Statement | 116 | |
Input Validation | 117 | |
Exceptions | 118 | |
Controls Used for the if Control Structure | 122 | |
CheckBox Control | 122 | |
RadioButton Control | 123 | |
Pizza Calculator | 124 | |
Creating the Project | 125 | |
How the Project Works | 125 | |
The Code | 125 | |
The switch Control Structure | 128 | |
Syntax | 128 | |
The switch Control Structure in Action | 129 | |
The break Keyword | 131 | |
Choosing Between if ... else if and switch | 132 | |
Conclusion | 132 | |
Quiz | 133 | |
Chapter 8 | Repeating Yourself-Loops and Arrays | 135 |
Loops | 136 | |
The for Statement | 136 | |
The continue Keyword | 144 | |
The foreach Statement | 147 | |
The while Statement | 147 | |
The do while construct | 150 | |
Arrays | 150 | |
Declaring Arrays | 150 | |
Assigning Values to the Array | 151 | |
Conclusion | 153 | |
Quiz | 154 | |
Chapter 9 | Organizing Your Code with Methods | 155 |
Defining and Calling a Method | 156 | |
Terminology of a Method | 156 | |
Naming a Method | 158 | |
Defining a Method | 158 | |
Calling a Method | 159 | |
Parameters-Sending Information to a Method | 161 | |
Passing Arguments by Value | 161 | |
Passing Arguments by Reference | 164 | |
Returning a Value from a Method | 169 | |
Syntax | 169 | |
How the Value Is Returned | 170 | |
Saving the Return Value | 170 | |
Returning a Boolean Value | 171 | |
Conclusion | 172 | |
Quiz | 173 | |
Chapter 10 | Helper Forms | 175 |
Message Boxes | 176 | |
Creating the Project | 177 | |
Message Boxes Are Modal | 178 | |
Show Method | 178 | |
Using the Show Method's Return Value | 182 | |
Dialog Forms | 184 | |
Creating the Project | 184 | |
Showing the Dialog Form and Returning Its Result | 188 | |
Accessing Values from the Dialog Form | 190 | |
Modal vs. Modeless | 190 | |
Conclusion | 191 | |
Quiz | 192 | |
Chapter 11 | Menus | 193 |
Creating a Main Menu | 194 | |
Adding a MenuStrip Control to a Form | 195 | |
Adding Menu Items to the MenuStrip | 196 | |
Enhancing the Menu Items | 201 | |
Adding Functionality to the Menu Items | 203 | |
Disabling Menu Items | 204 | |
Creating a Context Menu | 205 | |
Adding a ContextMenuStrip to a Form | 205 | |
Adding Menu Items to the ContextMenuStrip | 207 | |
Adding Functionality to Context Menu Items | 210 | |
Text Editor Project | 212 | |
Creating the Project | 212 | |
Explanation of the Code | 214 | |
Conclusion | 215 | |
Quiz | 215 | |
Chapter 12 | Toolbars | 217 |
Creating a Toolbar | 218 | |
Adding a Toolbar to a Form | 218 | |
Adding Buttons to the Toolbar | 219 | |
Associating Images with Toolbar Buttons | 221 | |
Associating Code with Clicks of Toolbar Buttons | 229 | |
Conclusion | 230 | |
Quiz | 231 | |
Chapter 13 | Accessing Text Files | 233 |
Open and Save File Dialog Boxes | 234 | |
Adding an OpenFileDialog Control to Your Form | 234 | |
Showing the OpenFileDialog Control | 235 | |
Determining Whether Open or Cancel Is Chosen | 236 | |
Identifying the File to Open | 237 | |
SaveFileDialog Class | 238 | |
Reading from a Text File | 240 | |
StreamReader Class | 240 | |
Reading the Text File into the TextBox | 242 | |
Closing the Text File | 243 | |
Writing to a Text File | 244 | |
StreamWriter Class | 244 | |
Writing from the TextBox to the Text File | 245 | |
Closing the Text File | 246 | |
Conclusion | 247 | |
Quiz | 247 | |
Chapter 14 | Databases | 249 |
Installing the Database | 250 | |
Obtaining the Northwind Traders Database | 250 | |
Installing the Northwind Traders Database | 250 | |
Connecting to the Database | 251 | |
Using Server Explorer | 254 | |
Exploring the Database | 255 | |
Exploring the Customers Table | 256 | |
Database Project | 258 | |
What the Project Does | 258 | |
Creating the Form | 259 | |
Importing Data Namespaces | 260 | |
Creating a Connection | 260 | |
Creating a Command | 263 | |
Filling the DataGridView | 265 | |
Conclusion | 269 | |
Quiz | 270 | |
Chapter 15 | Web Applications | 271 |
ASP.NET | 272 | |
Internet Information Services | 272 | |
Determining If IIS Is Already Installed | 273 | |
Installing IIS | 274 | |
Starting the IIS Admin Service | 274 | |
Starting the Default Website | 276 | |
URL | 278 | |
Your Computer as the Web Server | 278 | |
Virtual and Physical Paths | 279 | |
Creating a Web Application | 280 | |
ASP.NET Development Server | 281 | |
ASP.NET Application IDE | 284 | |
Creating a Database Web Application | 286 | |
Adding a GridView Control | 286 | |
Locating the Database on the Web Server | 288 | |
Adding Code | 290 | |
Conclusion | 292 | |
Quiz | 292 | |
Final Exam | 293 | |
Answers | 299 | |
Index | 315 |
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