C# Programming for Absolute Beginners

Get started using the C# programming language. Based on the author’s 15 years of experience teaching beginners, the book provides you with a step-by-step introduction to the principles of programming, or rather, how to think like a programmer. The task-solution approach will get you immersed, with minimum theory and maximum action.

What You Will Learn

• Understand what programming is all about
• Write simple, but non-trivial, programs
• Become familiar with basic programming constructs such as statements, types, variables, conditions, and loops
• Learn to think like a programmer and combine these programming constructs in new ways
• Get to know C# as a modern, mainstream programming language, and Visual Studio as one of the world’s most popular programming tools

Who This Book Is For

Those with very little or no experience in computer programming, who know how to use a computer, install a program, and navigate the web.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Ready

Part I: Data
Chapter 2: Your First Program
Chapter 3: Dealing with Output
Chapter 4: Using Variables
Chapter 5: Working with Objects
Chapter 6: Using Object Actions
Chapter 7: More About Objects

Part II: Calculations
Chapter 8: Input
Chapter 9: Numbers
Chapter 10: Economic Calculations
Chapter 11: Calculations with Dates
Chapter 12: Understanding Different Kinds of Numbers
Chapter 13: Accumulating Values

Part III: Conditionals
Chapter 14: Essential Tools
Chapter 15: Getting Started with Conditions
Chapter 16: Practical Conditions
Chapter 17: Compound Conditions
Chapter 18: Multiple Conditions
Chapter 19: Advanced Conditions

Part IV: Loops
Chapter 20: First Loops
Chapter 21: Improving Loops
Chapter 22: Number Series
Chapter 23: Unknown Number of Repetitions
Chapter 24: Accumulating Intermediate Results
Chapter 25: Advanced Loops