Episode

C# Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners: (03) Creating Your First C# Program

This lesson teaches you how to create a simple application—first using Windows Notepad and the C# Command Line Compiler, and then by using Visual Studio or Visual C# Express Edition. The video concludes with an explanation of common solutions to the many different problems you might encounter as you first begin writing and compiling code.

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Series Introduction
Mod 02: Installing Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
Mod 03: Creating Your First C# Program
Mod 04: Dissecting the First C# Program You Created
Mod 05: Quick Overview of the Visual C# Express Edition IDE
Mod 06: Declaring Variables and Assigning Values Duration
Mod 07: Branching with the if Decision Statement and the Conditional Operator
Mod 08: Operators, Expressions, and Statements Duration
Mod 09: for Iterations
Mod 10: Creating Arrays of Values
Mod 11: Creating and Calling Simple Overloaded Helper Methods
Mod 12: while Iterations and Reading Data from a Text File
Mod 13: Working with Strings
Mod 14: Working with DateTime
Mod 15: Understanding and Creating Classes
Mod 16: More About Classes and Methods
Mod 17: Working with Classes and Inheritances in the .NET Framework Class Library
Mod 18: Understanding Namespaces and Adding References to Assemblies
Mod 19: Understanding Scope and Utilizing Accessibility Modifiers
Mod 20: Enumerations and the switch Decision Statement
Mod 21: Gracefully Handling Exceptions
Mod 22: Working with Collections
Mod 23: Filtering and Managing Data Collections Using LINQ
Mod 24: Understanding Event-Driven Programming
Mod 25: Where to Go from Here

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Series Introduction
Mod 02: Installing Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
Mod 03: Creating Your First C# Program
Mod 04: Dissecting the First C# Program You Created
Mod 05: Quick Overview of the Visual C# Express Edition IDE
Mod 06: Declaring Variables and Assigning Values Duration
Mod 07: Branching with the if Decision Statement and the Conditional Operator
Mod 08: Operators, Expressions, and Statements Duration
Mod 09: for Iterations
Mod 10: Creating Arrays of Values
Mod 11: Creating and Calling Simple Overloaded Helper Methods
Mod 12: while Iterations and Reading Data from a Text File
Mod 13: Working with Strings
Mod 14: Working with DateTime
Mod 15: Understanding and Creating Classes
Mod 16: More About Classes and Methods
Mod 17: Working with Classes and Inheritances in the .NET Framework Class Library
Mod 18: Understanding Namespaces and Adding References to Assemblies
Mod 19: Understanding Scope and Utilizing Accessibility Modifiers
Mod 20: Enumerations and the switch Decision Statement
Mod 21: Gracefully Handling Exceptions
Mod 22: Working with Collections
Mod 23: Filtering and Managing Data Collections Using LINQ
Mod 24: Understanding Event-Driven Programming
Mod 25: Where to Go from Here