55339: Programming in C# Training

Microsoft .NET 6.0 provides a comprehensive development platform that you can use to build, deploy, and manage applications and services. By using .NET, you can create visually compelling applications, enable seamless communication across technology boundaries, and provide support for a wide range of business processes.

In this module, you will learn about some of the core features provided by.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio. You will also learn about some of the core C# constructs that enable you to start developing .NET applications.

Lessons

Overview of Writing Application by Using C#

Data Types, Operators, and Expressions

C# Programming Language Constructs

Lab 1: Implementing Edit Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Insert Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Delete Functionality for the Students List

Displaying a Student’s Age

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the architecture of .NET Framework applications and the features that Visual Studio 2022 and C# provide.

Use basic C# data types, operators, and expressions.

Use standard C# constructs.

Applications often consist of logical units of functionality that perform specific functions, such as providing access to data or triggering some logical processing. C# is an object-orientated language and uses the concept of methods to encapsulate logical units of functionality. Although a good practice is to have methods that do just one thing, they can be as simple or as complex as you like. It is also important to consider what happens to the state of your application when an exception occurs in a method.

In this module, you will learn how to create and use methods and how to handle exceptions. You will also learn how to use logging and tracing to record the details of any exceptions that occur.

Lessons

Creating and Invoking Methods

Creating Overloaded Methods and Using Optional and Output Parameters

Handling Exceptions

Monitoring Applications

Lab 1: Extending the Class Enrolment Application Functionality

Refactoring the Enrolment Code

Validating Student Information

Saving Changes to the Class List

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and invoke methods.

Create overloaded methods and use optional parameters.

Handle exceptions.

Monitor applications by using logging, tracing, and profiling

To create effective applications you must first learn some fundamental C# constructs. You need to know how to create simple structures to represent the data items you are working with. You need to know how to organize these structures into collections, so that you can add items, retrieve items, and iterate over your items. Finally, you need to know how to subscribe to events so that you can respond to the actions of your users.

In this module, you will learn how to create and use structs and enums, organize data into collections, and create and subscribe to events.

Lessons

Implementing Structs and Enums

Organizing Data into Collections

Handling Events

Lab 1: Writing the Code for the Grades Prototype Application

Adding Navigation Logic to the Grades Prototype Application

Creating Data Types to Store User and Grade Information

Displaying User and Grade Information

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and use structs and enums.

Use collection classes to organize data.

Create and subscribe to events.

In this module, you will learn how to use interfaces and classes to define and create your own custom, reusable types. You will also learn how to create and use enumerable type-safe collections of any type.

Lessons

Creating Classes

Defining and Implementing Interfaces

Implementing Type-Safe Collections

Lab 1: Adding Data Validation and Type-Safety to the Application

Implementing the Teacher, Student, and Grade Structs as Classes

Adding Data Validation to the Grade Class

Displaying Students in Name Order

Enabling Teachers to Modify Class and Grade Data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and instantiate classes.

Create and instantiate interfaces.

Use generics to create type-safe collections.

In this module, you will learn how to use inheritance to create class hierarchies and to extend .NET types.

Lessons

Creating Class Hierarchies

Extending .NET Classes

Lab 1: Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class

Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class

Implementing Password Complexity by Using an Abstract Method

Creating the ClassFullException Custom Exception

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create base classes and derived classes by using inheritance.

Create classes that inherit from .NET classes.

In this module, you will learn how to read and write data by using transactional filesystem I/O operations, how to serialize and deserialize data to the filesystem, and how to read and write data to the filesystem by using streams.

Lessons

Reading and Writing Files

Serializing and Deserializing Data

Performing I/O by Using Streams

Lab 1: Generating the Grades Report

Serializing Data for the Grades Report as XML

Previewing the Grades Report

Persisting the Serialized Grade Data to a File

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Read and write data to and from the file system by using file I/O.

Convert data into a format that can be written to or read from a file or other data source.

Use streams to send and receive data to or from a file or data source.

In this module, you will learn how to use Entity Framework and how to query many types of data by using Language-Integrated Query (LINQ).

Lessons

Creating and Using Entity Data Models

Querying Data by Using LINQ

Lab 1: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data

Creating an Entity Data Model from The School of Fine Arts Database

Updating Student and Grade Data by Using the Entity Framework

Extending the Entity Data Model to Validate Data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create, use, and customize an EDM.

Query data by using LINQ.

In this module, you will learn how to use the request and response classes in the System.Net namespace to directly manipulate remote data sources. You will also learn how to use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services to expose and consume data over the web.

Lessons

Accessing Data Across the Web

Accessing Data by Using OData Connected Services

Lab 1: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data Remotely

Creating a WCF Data Service for the SchoolGrades Database

Integrating the Data Service into the Application

Retrieving Student Photographs Over the Web (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Send data to and receive data from web services and other remote data sources.

Access data by using WCF Data Services.

In this module, you will learn how to use Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to create engaging UIs.

Lessons

Using XAML to Design a User Interface

Binding Controls to Data

Lab 1: Customizing Student Photographs and Styling the Application

Customizing the Appearance of Student Photographs

Styling the Logon View

Animating the StudentPhoto Control (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use XAML to design a UI.

Bind a XAML control to data.

Apply styles to a XAML UI.

In this module, you will learn how to improve the performance of your applications by distributing your operations across multiple threads.

Lessons

Implementing Multitasking

Performing Operations Asynchronously

Synchronizing Concurrent Access to Data

Lab 1: Improving the Responsiveness and Performance of the Application

Ensuring That the UI Remains Responsive When Retrieving Teacher Data

Providing Visual Feedback During Long-Running Operations

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use the Task Parallel Library to implement multitasking.

Perform long-running operations without blocking threads.

Control how multiple threads can access resources concurrently.

In this module, you will learn how to interoperate unmanaged code in your applications and how to ensure that your code releases any unmanaged resources.

Lessons

Creating and Using Dynamic Objects

Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Unmanaged Resources

Lab 1: Upgrading the Grades Report

Generating the Grades Report by Using Word

Controlling the Lifetime of Word Objects by Implementing the Dispose Pattern

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Integrate unmanaged code into a C# application by using the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR).

Control the lifetime of unmanaged resources and ensure that your application releases resources.

In this module, you will learn how to consume existing assemblies by using reflection, and how to add additional metadata to types and type members by using attributes. You will also learn how to generate code at run time by using the Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM) and how to ensure that your assemblies are signed and versioned, and available to other applications, by using the global assembly cache (GAC).

Lessons

Examining Object Metadata

Creating and Using Custom Attributes

Generating Managed Code

Versioning, Signing, and Deploying Assemblies

Lab 1: Specifying the Data to Include in the Grades Report

Creating and Applying the IncludeInReport attribute

Updating the Report

Storing the Grades.Utilities Assembly Centrally (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use reflection to inspect and execute assemblies.

Create and consume custom attributes.

Generate managed code at run time by using CodeDOM.

Version, sign, and deploy your assemblies to the GAC.

In this module, you will learn how to implement symmetric and asymmetric encryption and how to use hashes to generate mathematical representations of your data. You will also learn how to create and manage X509 certificates and how to use them in the asymmetric encryption process.

Lessons

Implementing Symmetric Encryption

Implementing Asymmetric Encryption

Lab 1: Encrypting and Decrypting the Grades Report

Encrypting the Grades Report

Decrypting the Grades Report

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Encrypt data by using symmetric encryption.

Encrypt data by using asymmetric encryption.