Review

Murach's C# 2015 is the latest edition of Murach's popular classic C# Book. By the time you're through with this book, the 14 complete business level applications will ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build professional Windows forms applications.

Unlike many C# books, this book focuses on all the essential C# skills that all C# developers need most while on the job.

The OOP, or object-oriented programming section is presented using real world business objects such as customers, invoices, and products. You will learn the concepts of inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces within a business application concept.

As with other programming books from Murach, this one also provides extensive database programming coverage. Databases are critical in business applications and this is why Murach's C# 2015 provides four chapters dedicated to database programming. You will learn how to prototype database applications using rapid application development tools such as data sources, datasets, and bound controls. You will then learn how to use ADO.NET to work directly with databases for untimate processing control. Finally, you will learn how read and write to binary, text, and XML files.

The final section covers enhancement of the user interface and deployment of your application. Finally, you will learn some new C# 2015 time saving features such as Live Code Analysis and CodeLens that help track coding problems.

If you're looking for just one book that will quickly and easily teach you how to build professional business applications using C#, then Murach's C# 2015 is the one. Murach's C# 2015 is so simple to read and understand that you'll be building your own professional business applications in no time.

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Table of Contents

Section 1 An introduction to Visual Studio

Chapter 1 How to get started with Visual Studio
Chapter 2 How to design a Windows Forms application
Chapter 3 How to code and test a Windows Forms application

Section 2 The C# language essentials

Chapter 4 How to work with numeric and string data
Chapter 5 How to code control structures
Chapter 6 How to code methods and event handlers
Chapter 7 How to handle exceptions and validate data
Chapter 8 How to use arrays and collections
Chapter 9 How to work with dates and strings
Chapter 10 More skills for working with Windows forms and controls
Chapter 11 How to debug an application

Section 3 Object-oriented programming

Chapter 12 How to create and use classes
Chapter 13 How to work with indexers, delegates, events, and operators
Chapter 14 How to work with inheritance
Chapter 15 How to work with interfaces and generics
Chapter 16 How to organize and document your classes

Section 4 Database programming

Chapter 17 An introduction to database programming
Chapter 18 How to work with data sources and datasets
Chapter 19 How to work with bound controls and parameterized queries
Chapter 20 How to use ADO.NET to write your own data access code

Section 5 More skills for working with data

Chapter 21 How to work with files and data streams
Chapter 22 How to work with XML files
Chapter 23 How to use LINQ
Chapter 24 How to use the Entity Framework

Section 6 Enhancement and deployment

Chapter 25 How to enhance the user interface
Chapter 26 How to deploy an application

Resources

Appendix A - How to install and use the software and files for this book
Index

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