Duration

Advanced C# Programming

3 days

Objective

Learn advanced C# language features including OOP, Linq, Serialization and Parallelism. Once you’ve mastered the language, you can apply on various project types such as desktop, ASP.NET MVC or even Xamarin.

Prerequisite

Basic C#, Java or C++

Course Outline

Core C# Language Features Re-Cap

C# Language Features
Operators
Conditional statements
Pattern matching
Loops

Defining Types

Essential concepts
Classes, objects, and arrays
Value types
Nullable types

Defining Members

A closer look at parameters
Construction and destruction
Properties

Going Further with Types and Members

Static members
Operators
Partial types
Partial methods

Inheritance and Interfaces

Inheritance
Additional inheritance techniques
Interfaces
Object disposal
Additional interface techniques

Delegates, Events, and Lambda Expressions

Delegates
Anonymous methods and lambdas
Expression-bodied members
Events

Using .NET Framework APIs

Exception handling
Collections
Regular expressions

Generics in C#

Getting started with generics
A closer look at generics
Generic delegates, interfaces
Generic methods
Generic Classes

File Handling and Serialisation

Accessing the File System
Using Files Streams
Data Contract Serialisation

Additional C# Language Features

Tuples
Initialization
Anonymous types
Extension methods

LINQ to Objects

Introduction to LINQ
Using LINQ with arrays
Using LINQ with collections
LINQ techniques

Asynchronous Programming

Creating tasks
Continuations
Nested tasks

Managing Tasks

Quick recap of async and await
A closer look at the Task class
Working with TaskCompletionSource
Task scheduling

Parallel Programming

Task-based and data-based parallelism
Using the Parallel class
Using PLINQ
TPL DataFlow

Entity Framework

Introduction to the Entity Framework
Creating a simple entity data model
Using entities in an application
Creating a full entity data model

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.