Begin to Code with C#

Introduction

Part 1: Programming fundamentals
1. Starting out
-Building a place to work
-Getting the tools and demos
-Using the tools
-What you have learned

2. What is programming?
-What makes a programmer?
-Programming and party planning
-Computers as data processors
-Data and information
-What you have learned

3. Writing programs
-C# program structure
-Identify resources
-Start a class definition
-Declare the StartProgram method
-Set the title and display a message
-Extra Snaps
-Creating new program files
-Extra Snaps
-Creating your own colors
-What you have learned

4. Working with data in a program
-Starting with variables
-Using a variable in a program
-Working with numbers
-Working with different types of data
-Whole numbers and real numbers in programs
-Extra Snaps
-What you have learned

5. Making decisions in a program
-Understanding the Boolean type
-Using if constructions and operators
-Creating blocks of statements
-Creating complex conditions using logical operators
-Adding comments to make a program clearer
-Funfair rides and programs
-Working with program assets
-What you have learned

6. Repeating actions with loops
-Using a loop to make a pizza picker
-Performing input validation with a while loop
-Using Visual Studio to follow the execution of your programs
-Counting in a loop to make a times-table tutor
-Using a for loop construction
-Breaking out of loops
-Going back to the top of a loop by using continue
-Extra Snaps
-What you have learned

7. Using arrays
-Have an ice cream
-Making an array
-Multiple dimensions in arrays
-Using arrays as lookup tables
-What you have learned

Part 2: Advanced programming
8. Using methods to simplify programs
-What makes a method?
-Making a tiny contacts app
-Adding IntelliSense comments to your methods
-What you have learned

9. Creating structured data types
-Storing music notes by using a structure
-Objects and responsibilities: Making a SongNote play itself
-Making a drawing program with Snaps
-Creating enumerated types
-Making decisions with the switch construction
-Extra Snaps
-What you have learned

10. Classes and references
-Making a time tracker
-Structures and classes
-From arrays to lists
-Storing data using JSON
-Fetching data using XML
-What you have learned

11. Making solutions with objects
-Creating objects with integrity
-Managing the object construction process
-Saving drawings in files
-What you have learned

Part 3: Making games
12. What makes a game?
-Creating a video game
-What you have learned

13. Creating gameplay
-Creating a player-controlled paddle
-Adding sound to games
-Displaying text in a game
-What you have learned

14. Games and object hierarchies
-Games and objects: Space Rockets in Space
-Designing a class hierarchy
-What you have learned

15. Games and software components
-Games and objects
-What you have learned

Index