C# 7 Development

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Course Description

C# 7 is new in Visual Studio 2017, and is the latest evolution of Microsoft's primary programming language. This C# 7 Development training course covers the latest language features in C# 7 and the .NET 2017 platform. You'll get a deep and broad understanding of C# as a programming language, and gain confidence to explore the richness of the .NET Framework library including asynchronous programming, LINQ, and EF.

What you'll learn:

•     Essential C# syntax
•     Implementing object-oriented designs in C#
•     Using generics, collection classes, and exceptions
•     What's new in C# 7 and .NET 2017
•     Using LINQ and EF
•     Introduction to asynchronous programming
•     Overview of ASP.NET MVC

Course Outline

Introduction to C# and .NET

•     .NET Framework building blocks
•     Hello world in C#
•     Using Visual Studio 2017
•     Namespaces and assemblies

Core C# Programming Constructs

•     Variables, operators, and statements
•     Reference types vs. value types
•     Conversions
•     Nullable types
•     Using the Console and String classes
•     Flow-of-control
•     C# 7 pattern matching
•     Using implicit types

More C# Programming Constructs

•     Defining methods
•     Input, output, and optional parameters
•     C# 7 local functions
•     C# 7 enhancements for out and ref
•     Method overloading
•     Arrays
•     Structures

Defining and Using Classes

•     Defining classes
•     Defining constructors and finalizers
•     Defining properties
•     Creating and disposing objects
•     Defining constants and read-only fields
•     Static members
•     Partial classes/methods

Inheritance and Polymorphism

•     Defining base classes and derived classes
•     Overriding methods
•     Abstract classes
•     Interfaces

Exception Handling

•     Defining Try/Catch/Finally blocks
•     Throwing exceptions
•     C# 7 throw expressions
•     Defining new exception classes
•     Defining Using blocks

Creating Collections of Objects

•     Overview of generics
•     Using List collections
•     Using Dictionary collections

What's New in C# 6

•     Static using syntax
•     Auto-property initializers
•     Dictionary initializers
•     Exception filters
•     String interpolation

Delegates, Events, and Lambdas

•     Overview
•     Defining simple delegates
•     Defining and handling events
•     Using lambda expressions
•     Expression-bodied members in C# 6 and C# 7

Additional Language Features

•     Operator overloading
•     Extension methods
•     Object initializers
•     Anonymous types
•     C# 7 tuples

Introduction to LINQ

•     The role of LINQ
•     Simple LINQ query expressions
•     Using LINQ with collections
•     LINQ query operators

Using the Entity Framework

•     EF classes and DbContext
•     Implementing relationships
•     Managing data
•     Additional techniques

Introduction to Asynchronous Programming

•     Understanding the async and await keywords
•     C#7 generalized async returns
•     Implementing asynchronous code

Overview of ASP.NET MVC

•     Creating an ASP.NET MVC application
•     Defining models, views, and controllers
•     Introduction to REST and Web API

Learning Path

• Please contact us for suggestions.

You are welcome to discuss which course is most suitable for you with a member of our team.

Ways to Attend

• Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our schedule, or register your interest in joining a course in your area.
• Private onsite Team training also available, please contact us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.