Sharp J. Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step

8th Edition. — Redmond: Microsoft Press, 2015. —- 1968 p. — ISBN 978-1-5093-0104-1.This book assumes that you are a developer who wants to learn the fundamentals of programming with C# by using Visual Studio 2015 and the .NET Framework version 4.6. By the time you complete this book, you will have a thorough understanding of C# and will have used it to build responsive and scalable applications that can run on the Windows 10 operating system.
Учебник по основам программирования на C# с использованием Visual Studio 2015 от создателя языка C# Джона Шарпа.Introducing Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2015Welcome to C#
Beginning programming with the Visual Studio 2015 environment
Writing your first program
Using namespaces
Creating a graphical applicationQuick ReferenceWorking with variables, operators, and expressions
Understanding statements
Using identifiers
Using variables
Working with primitive data types
Using arithmetic operators
Incrementing and decrementing variables
Declaring implicitly typed local variablesQuick ReferenceWriting methods and applying scope
Creating methods
Applying scope
Writing methods
Using optional parameters and named argumentsQuick referenceUsing decision statements
Declaring Boolean variables
Using Boolean operators
Using if statements to make decisions
Using switch statementsQuick referenceUsing compound assignment and iteration statements
Using compound assignment operators
Writing while statements
Writing for statements
Writing do statementsQuick referenceManaging errors and exceptions
Coping with errors
Trying code and catching exceptions
Using checked and unchecked integer arithmetic
Throwing exceptions
Using a finally blockQuick referenceUnderstanding the C# Object modelCreating and managing classes and objects
Understanding classification
The purpose of encapsulation
Defining and using a class
Controlling accessibility
Understanding static methods and dataQuick referenceUnderstanding values and references
Copying value type variables and classes
Understanding null values and nullable types
Using ref and out parameters
How computer memory is organized
The System.Object class
Boxing
Unboxing
Casting data safelyQuick referenceCreating value types with enumerations and structures
Working with enumerations
Working with structuresQuick referenceUsing arrays
Declaring and creating an array
Populating and using an array
Copying arrays
Using multidimensional arraysQuick referenceUnderstanding parameter arrays
Overloading—a recap
Using array arguments
Comparing parameter arrays and optional parametersQuick referenceWorking with inheritance
What is inheritance?
Using inheritance
Understanding extension methodsQuick referenceCreating interfaces and defining abstract classes
Understanding interfaces
Abstract classes
Sealed classesQuick referenceUsing garbage collection and resource management
The life and times of an object
Resource management
Implementing exception-safe disposalQuick referenceDefining extensible types with C#Implementing properties to access fields
Implementing encapsulation by using methods
What are properties?
Understanding the property restrictions
Declaring interface properties
Generating automatic properties
Initializing objects by using propertiesQuick referenceUsing indexers
What is an indexer?
Indexers in interfaces
Using indexers in a Windows application
SummaryQuick referenceIntroducing generics
The problem with the object type
The generics solution
Creating a generic class
Creating a generic method
Variance and generic interfacesQuick referenceUsing collections
What are collection classes?
Using collection initializers
The Find methods, predicates, and lambda expressions
Comparing arrays and collectionsQuick referenceEnumerating collections
Enumerating the elements in a collection
Implementing an enumerator by using an iteratorQuick referenceDecoupling application logic and handling events
Understanding delegates
Lambda expressions and delegates
Enabling notifications by using events
Understanding user interface eventsQuick referenceQuerying in-memory data by using query expressions
What is LINQ?
Using LINQ in a C# applicationQuick referenceOperator overloading
Understanding operators
Understanding compound assignment evaluation
Declaring increment and decrement operators
Comparing operators in structures and classes
Defining operator pairs
Implementing operators
Understanding conversion operatorsQuick referenceBuilding Universal Windows Platform applications with C#Improving throughput by using tasks
Why perform multitasking by using parallel processing?
Implementing multitasking by using the Microsoft .NET Framework
Canceling tasks and handling exceptionsQuick referenceImproving response time by performing asynchronous operations
Implementing asynchronous methods
Using PLINQ to parallelize declarative data access
Synchronizing concurrent access to dataQuick referenceImplementing the user interface for a Universal Windows Platform app
Features of a Universal Windows Platform app
Using the Blank App template to build a Universal Windows Platform appQuick referenceDisplaying and searching for data in a Universal Windows Platform app
Implementing the Model-View-ViewModel pattern
Searching for data using CortanaQuick referenceAccessing a remote database from a Universal Windows Platform app
Retrieving data from a database
Inserting, updating, and deleting data through a REST web serviceQuick reference