Starting out with Visual C#, Global Edition

Starting Out with Visual C# is an ideal introductory Visual C# text for everyone, even if you do not have programming experience. Author Tony Gaddis uses step-by-step instructions that are supported by a GUI-based approach to encourage and motivate you as you learn to create event-driven, Visual C# applications. The hands-on tutorials feature clear, down-to-earth explanations and provide detailed walk-throughs that are easy to follow.
The 6th Edition features new and updated discussions, sections and tutorials aligned to Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and the latest versions of C# and .NET. A new Chapter 11 dives deeper into classes. It covers intermediate to advanced topics, including returning objects from methods; writing a ToString method; working with null; the this reference variable; copy constructors; aggregation and composition; anonymous objects; mutable and immutable classes; and class collaboration.

1. Introduction to Computers and Programming
2. Introduction to Visual C#
3. Processing Data
4. Making Decisions
5. Loops, Files, and Random Numbers
6. Modularizing Your Code with Methods
7. Arrays and Lists
8. Text Processing
9. Structured Data Types
10. Introduction to Classes
11. More About Classes
12. Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Interfaces
13. Databases
14. Delegates, Anonymous Methods, and Lambda Expressions
15. Language-Integrated Query (LINQ

Appendices

C# Primitive Data Types

Additional User Interface Controls

ASCII/Unicode Characters

Answers to Checkpoint Questions

Installing LINQ to SQL Classes in Visual Studio