Beginning C# 7 Hands-On – Advanced Language Features

Beginning C# 7 Hands-On – Advanced Language Features assumes that you’ve mastered the basic elements of the C# language and that you’re now ready to learn the more advanced C# language and syntax, line by line, in a working Visual Studio environment. You’ll learn how to code advanced C# language topics including generics, lambda expressions, and anonymous methods.

You’ll learn to use query syntax to construct queries and deploy queries that perform aggregation functions. Work with C# and SQL Server 2014 to perform complex joins and stored procedures. Explore advanced file access methods, and see how to serialize and deserialize objects – all by writing working lines of code that you can run within Visual Studio.

This book is designed for beginner C# developers who have mastered the basics now, and anyone who needs a fast reference to using advanced C# language features in practical coding examples. You’ll also take a look at C# through web programming with web forms.

By the time you’ve finished this book, you’ll know all the critical advanced elements of the C# language and how to program everything from C# generics to XML, LINQ, and your first full MVC web applications. These are the advanced building blocks that you can then combine to exploit the full power of the C# programming language, line by line.

What You Will Learn

• Learn C# advanced language elements and techniques
• Discover advanced C# techniques with hands-on working examples
• Build on your knowledge of OOP by using C# generics and lambda expressions
• Work with C# and LINQ custom data types
• Program C# and SQL Server 2017 to manage and query data
• Create your first full MVC application

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Creating A Simple Generics Class
Chapter 2. Creating A Generic Method
Chapter 3. Implementing A Generic Interface To Accomplish Sorting
Chapter 4. Making Delegates More Flexible With Generics
Chapter 5. Creating And Using Generic Dictionaries
Chapter 6. Connection Between Delegates And Lambda Expressions
Chapter 7. Expression-Bodied Lambdas And Expression-Bodied Members
Chapter 8. Anonymous Methods And Objects That Run Their Own Delegates
Chapter 9. C# With Linq And Built-In Types
Chapter 10. C# With Linq And Custom Data Types
Chapter 11. Using Query Syntax To Construct Queries
Chapter 12. Queries That Perform Aggregation Functions
Chapter 13. Using Linq To Summarize Tuples
Chapter 14. Summarizing Results With Grouping
Chapter 15. Joining Datasets With Inner Joins
Chapter 16. Downloading, Installing, And Running Sql Server 2017
Chapter 17. Writing Code To Manually Connect To A Table And Retrieve Records
Chapter 18. Inserting Records Into Tables Using Stored Procedures
Chapter 19. Using The Nullable Feature To Make Apps More Stable
Chapter 20. Connecting A Chart Control To Sql Server
Chapter 21. Using Linq To Operate On Tables From Sql Server
Chapter 22. Creating A Page That Saves Text To Disk
Chapter 23. Creating A Page That Uses The File Upload Control
Chapter 24. Serializing And Deserializing Objects
Chapter 25. Having A Little Fun With Images With Pixel Manipulations
Chapter 26. Saving An Image To Sql Server
Chapter 27. Creating And Using An Xml File
Chapter 28. Creating Xml Files With C#
Chapter 29. Querying Xml Documents With Linq