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Microsoft visual c# 2013
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John Sharp
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Contents at a glance
Introduction
ⅩX
ART I
INTRODUCING MICROSOFT VISUAL C# AND MICROSOFT
VISUAL STUDIO 2013
HAPTER 1
Welcome to c#
CHAPTER 2 Working with variables, operators, and expressions
39
ChaPTER 3
Writing methods and applying scope
65
CHAPTER 4
Using decision statements
93
CHAPTER 5
Using compound assignment and iteration statements
113
CHAPTER 6 Managing errors and exceptions
135
PART II
UNDERSTANDING THE C# OBJECT MODEL
CHAPTER 7
Creating and managing classes and objects
161
ChAPTeR 8
Understanding values and references
183
CHAPTER 9 Creating value types with enumerations and structures
207
CHAPTER 10 Using arrays
227
CHAPTER 11 Understanding parameter arrays
251
CHAPTER 12 Working with inheritance
263
CHAPTER 13 Creating interfaces and defining abstract classes
287
CHAPTER 14 Using garbage collection and resource management
317
PARTⅢ
DEFINING EXTENSIBLE TYPES WITH C#
CHAPTER 15 Implementing properties to
access fields
341
CHAPTER 16
Using indexers
363
CHAPTER 17
ntroducing generic
381
CHAPTER 18 Using collections
411
CHAPTER 19 Enumerating collections
435
CHAPTER 20 Decoupling application logic and handling events
451
CHAPTER 21 Querying in-memory data by using query expressions
485
CHAPTER 22
Operator overloading
511
PART IV
BUILDING PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS 8.1 APPLICATIONS
WITH C#
CHAPTER 23 Improving throughput by using tasks
537
CHAPTER 24 Improving response time by performing asynchronous
operations
581
CHAPTER 25 Implementing the user interface for a Windows Store app 623
CHAPTER 26
isplaying and searching for data in a windows Store app 673
CHAPTER 27 Accessing a remote database from a Windows Store app 721
Index
763
Contents at a glance
Contents
,ⅩX
PART
INTRODUCING MICROSOFT VISUAL C# AND MICROSOFT
VISUAL STUDIO 2013
Chapter 1 Welcome to C#
3
Beginning programming with the Visual Studio 2013 environment
Writing your first program
Using namespaces
14
Creating a graphical applicatio
18
Examining the Windows Store app
30
Examining the WPF application
Adding code to the graphical application
34
Summary
38
Quick Reference
38
Chapter 2 Working with variables, operators, and expressions 39
Understanding statements
Using identifiers
40
Identifying keywords
40
Using variables
Naming variables
Declaring variables
Working with primitive data types
Unassigned local variables
43
Displaying primitive data type values
44
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ing arithmetic operators
52
d
perators and typ
es
Examining arithmetic operators
Controlling precedence
Using associativity to evaluate expressions
..60
Associativity and the assignment operator
60
Incrementing and decrementing variables
61
Prefix and postfix
61
Declaring implicitly typed local variables
62
Summary
63
Quick Refer
64
Chapter 3 Writing methods and applying scope
65
Creating methods
65
Declaring a method
.66
Returning data from a method
67
Calling methods
69
Applying scope
72
Defining local scope
72
Defining class scope
73
Overloading methods
74
Writing methods
Using optional parameters and named arguments
83
Defining optional parameters
85
Passing named arguments
85
Resolving ambiguities with optional parameters
and named arguments
86
Summa
91
Quick referer
92
Chapter 4 Using decision statements
93
Declaring boolean variables
.93
sing boolean operators
94
Contents
Understanding equality and relational operators
Understanding conditional logical operators
.95
Short-circuiting
Summarizing operator precedence and associativity
66
Using if statements to make decisions
..97
Understanding if statement syntax
Using blocks to group statements
98
Cascading if statements
99
Using switch statement
105
Understanding switch statement syntax
106
Following the switch statement rules
107
Summary
111
Quick reference
....111
Chapter 5 Using compound assignment and
iteration statements
113
Using compound assignment operators
113
Writing while statements
115
Writing for Statements
Understanding for statement scope
123
Writing do stateme
123
ummar
132
Quick reference
133
Chapter 6 Managing errors and exceptions
135
Coping with errors
135
Trying code and catching exceptions
.136
handled Excepti
137
Using multiple catch
138
Catching multiple exceptions
139
Propagating exceptions
145
Using checked and unchecked integer arithmetic
147
Writing checked statements
148
Contents
Writing checked expressions
149
Throwing exceptions
152
Using a finally block
156
ummar
158
Quick reference
158
PART
UNDERSTANDING THE C# OBJECT MODEL
Chapter 7 Creating and managing classes and objects
161
Understanding classification
161
The purpose of encapsulation
....162
Defining and using a class
162
Controlling accessibility
164
Working with constructors
165
Overloading constructors
167
Understanding static methods and data
175
Creating a shared field
176
Creating a static field by using the const keyword
177
Understanding static classes
177
Anonymous classes
...180
Summary
.........181
Quick reference
182
Chapter 8 Understanding values and references
183
Copying value type variables and classes
....183
Understanding null values and nullable types
189
Using nullable type
190
Understanding the properties of nullable types
.191
Using ref and out parameters
.192
Creating ref parameters
193
Creating out parameters
.193
How computer memory is organized
195
Using the stack and the heap
197
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