3. A Guided Tour Through C: Part I

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Chapter 3. A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH C#: PART I

You will learn about the following in this chapter:

• The advantages of applying two important OOP concepts abstraction and encapsulation

• Why the C# keywords public and private play an important role in implementing encapsulation

• The basic C# elements needed to write simple C# applications

• How to write a user interactive application using simple keyboard input and screen output

• Single line comments and why comments are important in your source code

• The special meaning of keywords

• How to define the beginning and the end of a class and method body by using C#'s block construct

• How to use C#'s if statement to make your program respond in different ways to different user input

• The string class and its ability to let your programs store and process text

• The special role played by the Main method

• The static keyword and why Main must always be declared public and static

• How to use variables

• How to call a method and thereby use its functionality

• Several useful classes from the .NET Framework class libraries and how to reuse these in the C# source code

• Statements in C# the declaration, assignment, method call, and if statements

• General C# concepts based on the knowledge gained from the C# source code example

• How to access and use the .NET Framework Documentation so you can explore and reuse the .NET Framework's comprehensive collection of classes

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