A. The basic language constructs
B. What types of applications can be built
C. Overview of this webcast series

11/13/2006

A. Visual C# Express is a free download from Microsoft that allows you to develop C# applications
B. Learn about the powerful IDE features like Code Editor, Compiler, Intellisense and the Debugger.
C. The project system that allows us to build a collection to keep all the files related to our program together.

11/20/2006

A. Class Libraries

11/27/2006

A. What is C# and how are programs written in C# structured
B. How the "main" function is defined
C. Basics of the language
D. How C# assembles the lines of code into something meaningful at runtime.

12/4/2006

A. Specific C# language features
B. Types
C. Variables
D. Constants
E. Statements

12/11/2006

A. Iterators
B. Loops
C. Branching

12/18/2006

A. Classes
B. Objects
C. Instantiation

1/8/2007

A. The different kinds of operators and how to use them.

1/15/2007

A. Debugging
B. How the IDE allows you to see what is going on inside your application while it is running.

1/22/2007

A. Arrays
B. Collections

1/29/2007

A. Creating and Manipulating Strings
B. StringBuilder class.

2/5/2007

A. Exception Handling
B. Try-Catch blocks and how to correctly handle the different types of exceptions

2/12/2007

A. Delegates and Events allow us to build applications that can let others know that some type of interesting thing has happened within our application.
B. Multiple listeners responding to a single event

2/19/2007

A. Inheritance allows one to create objects that are "like" other objects.
B. Advantages of Inheritance and Polymorphism: reduces the amount of code and makes it much easier to understand.

2/26/2007

A. ASP.NET and how it relates to C#
B. How we can build web pages and controls that allow us to reuse our code

3/5/2007

A. Building basic ASP.NET controls in C#.
B. Code reuse can significantly reduce our development time
C. User Controls – not compiled into separate assembly
D. Custom Controls- compiled into separate assembly

3/12/2007

A. Building basic Windows Applications
B. The basic window class we use in C# is the Form.
C. System.Windows.Form object

3/19/2007

A. Advanced features of Windows Forms development, such as GDI+ that allow us to tailor the user interface to exactly what our applicaiton needs.

3/26/2007

A. How to take advantage of Windows Vista's new presentation system, Windows Presentation Foundation (aka WPF) with C#.
B. WPF allows our applications to include stunning graphics (2-D, 3-D, animations, and more) and enhanced user experience functionallity that was unatainable in the past.
C. XAML

4/9/2007

A. How to include data access features in your applications
B. How to integrate SQL Server 2005 database functionality directly into your web and Windows based applications
C. C# allows us to programatically get direct access to SQL Server data
D. SQL Server 2005 and other data sources.

4/16/2007

A. XNA Game Studio Express.
B. XNA is a gaming framework available for Windows as well as for the XBox 360.
C. How XNA Game Studio and Microsoft Visual C# Express allow one to develop stunning 3D games with ease.

4/23/2007

A. Deployment options

4/30/2007