Simply C#: An Application-Driven Tutorial Approach

by Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel

Simply C# demonstrates the power of .NET programming. Its outstanding pedagogic approach comes from Deitel & Associates—the best-selling programming language authors and renowned instructors who, through their books and training courses, have taught programming to over 1,000,000 people in 100+ countries.APPLICATION-DRIVEN, Step-by-Step Tutorial Approach—The Deitels explore C# concepts in the context of interesting, real-world applications such Web-Based Bookstore " ATM " Phone Directory " Dental Payment " Car Payments " Check Writer " Craps Game " Flag Quiz " Fund Raiser " Graphics Painter " Inventory " Investment Interest " Microwave Oven " Payroll " Student Grades " Screen Scraper " Security Panel " Shipping Hub " Ticket Ordering " Typing Application and many moreKey Topics—Visual Studio .NET 2003 IDE " Visual Programming " Framework Class Library (FCL) " Controls (Buttons, TextBoxes, ListBoxes, Timers, ComboBoxes, RadioButtons, Menus, Dialogs) " Event Handling " Exception Handling " Debugger " Algorithms " Pseudocode " UML " Control Statements " Methods " Random-Number Generation " Arrays " Classes " Objects " Collections " Mouse & Keyboard Events " Strings " Sequential-Access Files " Databases using ADO.NET " Graphics " Multimedia " GUI Design " Web Application Development using ASP.NETSimply C# Pedagogic Features Step-by-step tutorials show how to build and run complete applications, from start to finish DEITEL signature LIVE-CODE approach presents programming concepts using complete working applications APPLICATION-DRIVEN design includes 32 tutorials and 100+ exercises on real-world applications Two-color presentation, including syntax highlighting, code highlighting, callouts and extensive comments Skills summaries, UML activity diagrams Debugging sections and exercises that teach the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Debugger Tips for improving reliability, performance and usability Self-review multiple-choice questions and answers for immediate feedback after each section Ten additional multiple-choice questions at the end of every tutorial, plus 'What does this code do?" and "What's wrong with this code?" exercises, and four programming exercises all focused on real-world applications, including a "Programming Challenge" Special sections on GUI Design Guidelines and on Controls, Events, Properties & Methods are highlighted in each tutorial and included as appendices for easy reference Key Terms sections in every tutorial and a comprehensive glossary at the end of the book Instructor's resources, including PowerPoint' slides, test-item file, Instructor Resource CD and support Web sites with up-to-date information on the book (www.deitel.com and www.prenhall.com/deitel)

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

also Harvey M. Deitel or H.M. Deitel