A logical, straightforward approach to learning the C# language C# is a complicated programming language for building. NET-connected software for Microsoft Windows, the Web, and a wide range of devices. The friendly All-in-One For Dummies format is a perfect way to present it.

Introduction 1 Book I: Basics of C# Programming 9 Chapter 1: Creating Your First C# Console Application 11 Chapter 2: Living with Variability — Declaring Value-Type Variables 25 Chapter 3: Pulling Strings 45 Chapter 4: Smooth Operators 73 Chapter 5: Getting Into the Program Flow 85 Chapter 6: Lining Up Your Ducks with Collections 109 Chapter 7: Stepping through Collections 135 Chapter 8: Buying Generic 169 Chapter 9: Some Exceptional Exceptions 187 Book II: Object-Oriented C# Programming 205 Chapter 1: Object-Oriented Programming: What’s It All About? 207 Chapter 2: Showing Some Class 215 Chapter 3: We Have Our Methods 227 Chapter 4: Let Me Say This about this 247 Chapter 5: Holding a Class Responsible 261 Chapter 6: Inheritance: Is That All I Get? 285 Chapter 7: Poly-what-ism? 307 Chapter 8: Interfacing with the Interface 333 Chapter 9: Delegating Those Important Events 357 Chapter 10: Can I Use Your Namespace in the Library? 377 Book III: Designing for C# 399 Chapter 1: Writing Secure Code 401 Chapter 2: Accessing Data 415 Chapter 3: Fishing the FileStream 435 Chapter 4: Accessing the Internet 455 Chapter 5: Creating Images 469 Book IV: A Tour of Visual Studio 479 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Studio 481 Chapter 2: Using the Interface 495 Chapter 3: Customizing Visual Studio 517 Chapter 4: Transforming Text Templates 533 Book V: Windows Development with WPF 543 Chapter 1: Introducing WPF 545 Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics of WPF 555 Chapter 3: Data Binding in WPF 579 Chapter 4: Practical WPF 601 Book VI: Web Development with ASP.NET 627 Chapter 1: Looking at How ASP.NET Works with C# 629 Chapter 2: Building Web Applications 641 Chapter 3: Controlling Your Development Experience 659 Chapter 4: Leveraging the .NET Framework 685 Chapter 5: Digging into Web Construction 703 Book VII: Service-Oriented Development 717 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Web Services 719 Chapter 2: Building Web Services with ASMX 731 Chapter 3: Building Web Services with WCF 745 Chapter 4: Building Web Services with ReST 759 Book VIII: New Features in C# 4.0 767 Chapter 1: Programming Dynamically! 769 Chapter 2: Improving Productivity with Named and Optional Parameters 781 Chapter 3: Helping Out with Interop 789 Chapter 4: Revising Generics 795 Index 799

8 BOOKS IN 1 Basics of C# ProgrammingObject Oriented C#Designing for C#A Tour of Visual Studio®Windows ProgrammingWeb ProgrammingService Oriented DevelopmentC# 4.0 Experience the fun and power as you learn to write your own C# applications What are you going to create with C#? Maybe your first Windows® 7 application? Or how about digging into Web construction? With this comprehensive book, you'll be able to decide where you want to go next. It takes you through everything from Visual Studio and WPF to Web and services development so you can start building your own applications. Dig into C# — dive into object-oriented programming to create good class librariesMake it secure — learn how to identify risks and then build Windows and Web applications with the right securityJump into .NET — from coding for Windows Mobile to accessing XML files, you'll uncover what you can do with the .NET frameworkDevelop with WPF — discover key WPF concepts as well as common application patterns used in the software industry todayGet Visual — find out how to use, optimize, and customize Visual Studio's graphic user interface Open the book and find: Steps for creating your first C# console applicationHow to take advantage of object-oriented programmingTechniques for writing secure codeTips on how to use Visual Studio and create macrosWays to implement Web services with SOAPHow to build Web applications and leverage the FrameworkWhere you can take your applications with dynamic programming