C# Programming for Absolute Beginners

Get started using the C# programming language. Based on the author’s 15 years of experience teaching beginners, this 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


* 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

RADEK VYSTAVĚL started programming at a young age and has been doing it ever since, as well as sharing it with others. Having worked as both a programming teacher in college and privately, as a programmer, Radek started writing books on programming because many of his students had no previous knowledge of programming and he had difficulty finding a suitable textbook for them. Throughout the years he has gained a unique insight into what resonates when teaching beginners. Chapter 1: Getting Ready

Part I: Data

Chapter 2: First Program

Chapter 3: Outputs

Chapter 4: Variables

Chapter 5: Objects

Chapter 6: Object and Actions

Chapter 7: More on Objects

Part II. Calculations

Chapter 8: Inputs

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: Starting 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