Get started on how C# implements Object Orientation

• The .NET Framework, The Common Language Runtime, The Common Type System
• C# Features; Introduction to namespaces and assemblies
• Get to know your way around Visual Studio

• Procedures and statements, Data types, Declaring variables, Assignments
• Conversion, Arithmetic and other operators
• Flow of control constructs
• Passing parameters by value, by reference, named and optional parameters

• Type concepts, Classes, Reference types
• Fields, properties and methods
• Accessibility modifiers
• Object initialisation, Constructors and Constructor chaining
• Instance members, Keyword 'this'
• The 'null' reference
• const & readonly
• Enumerated types
• Arrays

• Generic Collections
• Iterating collections
• Indexers

• Concept of inheritance; Substitutability; Extending a simple class
• 'virtual', 'override' and 'sealed' modifiers
• Polymorphism
• Abstract classes
• Upcasting and safe downcasting

• Polymorphism with interfaces
• Multiple interfaces

• Delegates explained
• Working with delegates
• Creating your own delegate types
• The evolution of Lambdas from anonymous delegates

• Using the framework-supplied generic delegates

• The language features behind LINQ
• The LINQ API and query pattern
• Grouping and Joins

• Errors vs. Exceptions
• The 'try', 'catch', 'finally' paradigm
• Using 'throw'
• Creating your own exceptions
• 'Checked' and 'unchecked' expressions

• Understanding events in .NET
• Writing event handlers

• The event conventions
• Raising custom events

• Garbage collection and its impact
• Finalizers, The 'Dispose' pattern, IDisposable
• The 'using' statement

• At the end of the course we reverse-engineer the resultant code and compare the results to the Class Diagram we produced near the beginning of the course.

• Review
• Follow-on courses