Windows Forms with C#.Net

Getting started with .Net

What is .Net?
Overview of the framework class libraries
Understanding the Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Compiling an application to a assembly
A tour of the Visual Studio 2005 IDE

C# Language Fundamentals

Data Types
Variables
Constants
Strings
Statements
Expressions

Branching

Conditional branching statements
Unconditional branching statements
Loops

Operators

Assignment
Mathematical operators
Increment & decrement
Relational

Strings

Creating strings
Manipulating strings
The StringBuilder class

Debugging

Setting a breakpoint
Stepping through lines of code
The debugging windows
The call stack

Throwing and Catching Exceptions

The throw statement
The try, catch and finally statements
How the call stack works
Exception class methods and properties

Principle of Object Orientation

Creating models of systems
Classes & objects
Encapsulation, specialisation & polymorphism

Classes and Objects

Defining classes
Creating class constructors
Static and instance members
Destroying objects

Inside Methods

Overloading methods
Encapsulating data with properties
Returning multiple values

Inheritance and Polymorphism

Specialisation and generalisation
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Abstract and sealed classes
The root class: object
Boxing and unboxing types

Interfaces

Implementing and interface
Implementing more than one interface
Casting to an interface
Extending and interface

Delegates and Events

Using delegates
Using events

Generics

Type parameter for classes and methods
Limit generic classes to hold only certain types of data
Generic collections

Building Applications with Windows Forms

Why use windows forms?
Structure of windows forms
Windows forms class hierarchy
Using windows forms
Using controls
New controls in visual studio 2005
Click-once deployment

Customizing Windows Forms and Controls

Methods of authoring controls for windows forms
Windows forms inheritance
Creating the base form
Creating the inherited form
Creating custom controls

Data Access

List the benefits of ADO.NET
Create applications by using ADO.NET
List the main ADO.NET objects and their functions
Use Visual Studio NET data designers and data binding
Explain how XML integrates with ADO.NET

Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using Multithreaded Techniques

Techniques for asynchronous programming
Load a bitmap into a windows forms application asynchronously.
Using multithreading to perform simultaneous operations
Using the background worker component
Synchronising data between threads