C# & .NET: Programming

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Intro to .NET

• What is .NET?
• Difference between local and web applications
• Creating a local application
• What is garbage collection?

2. Use Collections to Group Objects

• Introduction to collections
• Lists for indexed values
• Dictionaries for key-value pairs
• ArrayList for dynamic-sized collections
• Hashtable for key-value pairs with a HashKey
• Concurrent for thread-safe collections
• BitArray for Booleans
• Tuple for multiple objects of different types
• Stack for last in, first out
• Queue for first in, first out
• HashSets for objects with a HashKey

3. Change Program Flow with Async Programming

• Introduction to async programming with .NET
• Async and Await to manage program flow
• Anonymous functions, callbacks, and action to manage program flow

4. Combine Aspects of Fields and Methods with Class Properties

• Introduction to properties
• Auto-implemented properties for more compact code

5. Optimize Applications with Multithreading

• Introduction to multithreading
• Creating a new thread

6. Set Default Values with Null Coalescing and Null Conditional Operators

• Introduction to null coalescing
• Introduction to null conditional operators

7. Inject Data into Strings Using String Interpolation

• Introduction to string interpolation
• A simple string example
• An example with formatters

8. Error Handling with Try-Catch Statements

• Introduction to try-catch
• A simple example
• An example with finally
• How to use exception filters

9. Manage Resources Safely with Using

• Introduction to the using statement
• A simple example

Conclusion

• Next steps