Chapter 1

• create a Console application
• explain variables and the intrinsic types
• perform simple calculations with variables
• introduce Visual C# keywords

Chapter 6

• introduce the class concept
• constructors an destructors
• access modifiers
• introduce properties and indexers
• delve into inheritance
• abstraction and polymorphism

Chapter 2

• explore string class methods
• introduce basic input validation
• see how scope affects variable declaration
• explain operators and the operation hierarchy

Chapter 7

• add XML documentation to methods and classes
• the using directive V. fully-qualified names
• group code logically in regions
• create reusable class libraries
• import existing libraries

Chapter 3

• introduce the program flow options
• demonstrate:
• if statements
• while loops
• switch statements

Chapter 8

• compare generic and non-generic collections
• create generic methods and classes
• apply generic constraintss

Chapter 4

• introduction to methods
• method overloading
• the out and ref keyword
• the Array class
• passing multiple arguments to methods
• pass method calls as arguments
• value type V. reference type arguments

Chapter 9

• create a Windows-based application
• Windows form controls
• control properties and methods
• events and event handlers
• validate user input

Chapter 5

• breakpoints explained
• break mode
• introduce the Watch and Breakpoint windows
• explain the 3 types of errors
• try catch finally blocks

Chapter 10

• create and access files
• introduce FileDialogs
• using recursion on a folder structure
• introduce printing within a Windows-based application