Contents at a Glance
Introduction................................................................................1
Part I: The Visual C# 2008 Environment
HOUR 1 Jumping In with Both Feet: A Visual C# 2008 Programming Tour ........7
2 Navigating Visual C# 2008
.........................................................31
3 Understanding Objects and Collections
.........................................59
4 Understanding Events
................................................................81
Part II: Building a User Interface
HOUR 5 Building Forms—The Basics .......................................................101
6 Building Forms—Advanced Techniques
.......................................123
7 Working with Traditional Controls
.............................................151
8 Using Advanced Controls
..........................................................177
9 Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
.........................................197
Part III: Making Things Happen: Programming
HOUR 10 Creating and Calling Methods ...................................................221
11 Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
......................241
12 Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time
Adjustments
...........................................................................267
13 Making Decisions in Visual C# Code
...........................................285
14 Looping for Efficiency
...............................................................297
15 Debugging Your Code
...............................................................309
16 Designing Objects Using Classes
.................................................333
17 Interacting with Users
...............................................................351
18 Working with Graphics
..............................................................371
Part IV: Working with Data
HOUR 19 Performing File Operations ........................................................395
20 Working with Text Files and the Registry
......................................413
