[Curtis Rutland]

Learning C# Series

The C# Forum Leaders and Experts are rolling out a new series of tutorials with the focus of providing a learning path for new C# developers. As each tutorial is written, the entry in the list will be replaced with a link to the tutorial. Our goal is to fill in every entry, along with even more if any are requested.

Topics

Beginner Topics

• Hello World: Your First C# Program
  
• Primitive types
  
• Basic Operators
  
• Control Structures (loops, ifs, and switch)
  
• Basic Collections
  
• Methods

Intermediate Topics

• Classes and Objects
  
• Properties
  
• Inheritance & Polymorphism
  
• Abstract Classes & Interfaces
  
• Generics
  
• In-Depth Collections
  
• String Manipulation
  
• Recursion
  
• Debugging
  
• Exception Handling
  
• Delegates, Lambdas & Events

Advanced Topics

• Threading
  
• Linq
  
• ADO.NET
  
• LINQ to SQL Primer
  
• Advanced LINQ to SQL
  
• Entity Framework 4
  
• LINQ to XML
  
• System.Reflection
  
• Win32 API Interop

WPF for the WinForms Coder NEW!

• Making the Transition from WinForms to WPF
  
• Visual Studio AddIns to Make Your Life Easier

Let one of us know if you are interested in contributing to this series. If you are, please let me or one of the other C# Forum Leaders know either here or via PM. This way, we won't have two people working on the same article. Please note that if you offer to write a tutorial, you're committing to finishing that relatively quickly. Don't offer for 10 and try to do one a month. Also, please follow the template provided here:

Spoiler

[u][size="5"][url=http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/218000-learning-c%23-series/]Learning C# Series[/url][/size][/u]
[u][size="4"]Tutorial Title[/size][/u]

Short, two paragraph or less intro to the article

[u][b]Why is this important to learn about?[/b][/u]

Explanation

[u][b]Definitions of terms used.[/b][/u]

Brief definitions, linked to Wiki or MSDN if possible.

[b]Note:[/b] [i]All examples were created using Visual Studio 2010, targetting the .NET Framework 4.0. We'll do our best to point out anything that might not work in older versions.[/i]

[u][b]Tutorial Title Again[/b][/u]

Tutorial Goes Here. Use paragraphs and formatting to make it look good.

[u][b]In Conclusion[/b][/u]

Brief, no more than two paragraph summary. Maybe point out the most important stuff.

See all the C# Learning Series tutorials [url=http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/218000-learning-c%23-series/]here[/url]!

If you think there are any topics that aren't covered, post a reply and we'll see about adding it.

Thanks for reading!

This post has been edited by Curtis Rutland: 06 May 2013 - 11:54 AM

[Curtis Rutland]

I'll keep a running list of contributors in this post.

• Curtis Rutland
  
• Sergio Tapia
  
• modi123_1
  
• CodingSup3rnatur@l-360
  
• Gavisann
  
• raziel_
  
• tlhIn`toq

When you claim and submit a tutorial, I'll add your name to the list. You don't have to be an expert/mentor/forum leader to contribute.

This post has been edited by macosxnerd101: 18 January 2013 - 10:22 PM
Reason for edit:: Fixed Member Tag

[DivideByZero]

Glad to see this happening

BTW, would lambda expressions go in the delegates tutorial?

[Sergio Tapia]

Changed the topic title to be a bit more descriptive.

[batesy3k]

Is there going to be LINQ-To-SQL as well or will that be covered under another topic?

Looking forward to these

[Sergio Tapia]

I guess we can create a Linq-to-SQL write up, but in all honesty it seems Microsoft is moving towards working full time on Entity Framework/Linq to Entities.

[batesy3k]

Ah well if that's the case then i'll leave you experts to say what's what

edit: Sounds crude, but is MS Access backend going to be covered in databases anywhere?

This post has been edited by batesy3k: 23 February 2011 - 04:09 AM

[Fungle]

I had already done a Class tutorial about a month ago here:
http://www.dreaminco...ers-tutorial-i/

[Sergio Tapia]

batesy3k, on 23 February 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Ah well if that's the case then i'll leave you experts to say what's what

edit: Sounds crude, but is MS Access backend going to be covered in databases anywhere?

That might be something I'll look into myself personally since twice before I've had to pass up contracts because I didn't know how to use them.

I'll probably take a look into it and write a tutorial on basic database creation, CRUD and other tidbits regarding Access and C#.

[batesy3k]

Yeah that sounds dandy

[Curtis Rutland]

LINQ to SQL is very similar to Entity Framework, so perhaps that tutorial can cover both. We've also had someone volunteer to do a LINQ to XML tutorial, so I'll add that to the list once it's submitted.

As to the Access bit, it would likely be better to do a tutorial on OLEDB dababases. Access isn't really different than any other database in that regard (except I think you have to do parameters in order). So you can kill many birds with a single stone there.

[Theomi]

woot im Intermediate
Great thred Insert!

[Curtis Rutland]

CodingSup3rnatur@l-360 has submitted a tutorial on LINQ to XML following the pattern, so it has been added to the list, and he has been added to the list of contributors. Thanks for your contribution! If you feel like writing any more, just let one of us know.

Remember, anyone can write one of these, if you have the knowledge. Just PM one or all of us and let us know what you want to write!

[Curtis Rutland]

CodingSup3rnatur@l-360 has submitted a tutorial on control structures, and it's been added to the list. Check it out!

[Curtis Rutland]

I've added the Hello World tutorial; can't believe it took us this long to get that one up!