Computer Programming Course Outline

Introduction to basic concepts of computer programming.

The role of C# in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008; Installation of programming tools; Planning before coding; Naming rules and conventions; Writing basic programs.

Overall user experience; Line and shape controls; Positioning and editing properties of multiple controls simultaneously; Keyboard interaction within running applications; Creating programs that look and behave like Microsoft applications.

How to perform basic calculations; Variables and constants; Industry standard naming conventions; Structured exception handling.

Logic of if/else statements; Coding nested if statements; Logic flowcharts; Program debugging; ANSI code and Unicode; Using relational operators to compare strings; Formatting text outputs using character escape sequences; Advanced features of message boxes.

Designing and implementing menus using Windows standards; Implementing context menus; Creating dialog boxes;

Adding/removing forms; Working with predefined forms from Project Designer; Creating a Splash screen; Passing variables and constants safely between forms; Moving compiled programs between computers.

Enhancing applications with list boxes and combo boxes; Printing functions; Item collections and indexing; Coding event-handling methods; Utilizing loops.

Understand and construct single-dimension and multi-dimensional arrays; Declare and access arrays; Foreach loops; Structures; Adding data to arrays with text boxes and list boxes.

Developing web applications in Visual Studio Editor; Creating web projects with ubiquitous hyperlinks and cascading style sheets; utilizing session objects and AJAX; Writing event handlers for objects on a Web page.

Developing database applications; XML; Interacting with databases on a Windows or Web form; Accessing external database files; Binding data to forms; Writing LINQ queries to access a database.

Storing/retrieving data files; Storing information using data files vs. databases; .NET file handling classes for reading and writing data; Performing error checking.

Defining custom classes and objects; Inheritance; Building classes, properties, and methods; The difference between an object and an instance of the object; Multitier applications.

Creating simple animations; Adding sound to an application; Playing video on a form; Drag-and-drop capabilities; Utilizing coordinates to locate graphics on a form; Generating random numbers.

Utilizing advanced techniques for validating data at the field-level; Code snippets; Multiple document interface; Displaying error messages directly on a form; Adding toolbars and status bars.