C# Programming for Beginners

INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................6

CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS C#? ...........................................................................7

1.1: WHAT IS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE? ........................................................ 7

1.2: INTRODUCTION TO C#................................................................................. 9

1.3: WHY C#? ............................................................................................... 10

1.4: CHOOSING AN IDE ................................................................................... 14

1.5: SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 24

CHAPTER 2: HOW C# WORKS ...................................................................25

2.1: ASPECTS OF A C# FILE: HELLO WORLD PROGRAM .......................................... 25

2.2: WORLD OF VARIABLES AND DATA TYPES ...................................................... 28

2.3: THE ASSIGNMENT SYMBOL ........................................................................ 44

2.4: OPERATORS IN C# .................................................................................... 45

2.5: SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 70

CHAPTER 3: PRACTICAL USES ...................................................................71

3.1: PRINTING OUTPUT ................................................................................... 72

3.2: USER INPUT ............................................................................................ 75

3.3 FLOW CONTROL: CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS ................................................ 81

3.4: CALCULATOR USING SWITCH IN C#:.............................................................92

3.5: SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 96

CHAPTER 4: MAKE A COMPLETE PROGRAM .............................................97

4.1: FLOW CONTROL: LOOPS ............................................................................ 97

4.2: DYNAMIC CALCULATOR ........................................................................... 105

4.3: SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 110

CHAPTER 5: MISTAKES TO AVOID IN PROGRAMMING............................111

5.1 ARRAYS ................................................................................................. 112

5.2: ACCESSING ELEMENTS OF ARRAY: MANUALLY ............................................. 114

5.3: ACCESSING ELEMENTS OF ARRAY: USING LOOPS. ......................................... 115

5.4: TYPES OF ARRAYS...................................................................................121

5.5: SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 130

CONCLUSION .........................................................................................131