20483 - Programming in C#

Creating Classes and Implementing Type-safe Collections

• Creating Classes
• Defining and Implementing Interfaces
• Implementing Type-safe Collections
• Lab: Adding Data Validation and Type-safety to the Grades Application
• Implementing the Teacher, Student, and Grade Types as Classes
• Adding Data Validation to the Grade Class
• Displaying Students in Name Order
• Enabling Teachers to Modify Class and Grade Data

Creating a Class Hierarchy by Using Inheritance

• Creating Class Hierarchies
• Extending .NET Framework Classes
• Creating Generic Types
• Lab: Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class
• Creating and Inheriting from the User Base Class
• Implementing Password Complexity by Using an Abstract Method
• Creating the ClassFullException Class

Reading and Writing Local Data

• Reading and Writing Files
• Serializing and Deserializing Data
• Performing I/O Using Streams
• Lab: Generating the Grades Report
• Serializing the Data for the Grades Report as XML
• Previewing the Grades Report
• Persisting the Serialized Grades Data to a File

Accessing a Database

• Creating and Using Entity Data Models
• Querying Data by Using LINQ
• Updating Data by Using LINQ
• Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data
• Creating an Entity Model from the The School of Fine Arts Database
• Updating Student and Grade Data Using the Entity Framework
• Extending the Entity Model to Validate Data

Accessing Remote Data

• Accessing Data Across the Web
• Accessing Data in the Cloud
• Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data in the Cloud
• Creating a WCF Data Service for the SchoolGrades Database
• Integrating the WCF Data Service into the Application
• Retrieving Student Photographs Over the Web (if time permits)

Designing the User Interface for a Graphical Application

• Using XAML to Design a User Interface
• Binding Controls to Data
• Styling a User Interface
• Lab: Customizing Student Photographs and Styling the Application
• Customizing the Appearance of Student Photographs
• Styling the Logon View
• Animating the StudentPhoto Control (If Time Permits)

Improving Application Performance and Responsiveness

• Implementing Multitasking by using Tasks and Lambda Expressions
• Performing Operations Asynchronously
• Synchronizing Concurrent Access to Data
• Lab: Improving the Responsiveness and Performance of the Application
• Ensuring that the User Interface Remains Responsive When Retrieving Data for Teachers
• Providing Visual Feedback During Long-Running Operations

Integrating with Unmanaged Code

• Creating and Using Dynamic Objects
• Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Unmanaged Resources
• Lab: Upgrading the Grades Report
• Generating the Grades Report by Using Microsoft Office Word
• Controlling the Lifetime of Word Objects by Implementing the Dispose Pattern

Creating Reusable Types and Assemblies

• Examining Object Metadata
• Creating and Using Custom Attributes
• Generating Managed Code
• Versioning, Signing and Deploying Assemblies
• Lab: Specifying the Data to Include in the Grades Report
• Creating the IncludeInReport Attribute
• Generating the Report
• Storing the Grades.Utilities Assembly Centrally

Encrypting and Decrypting Data

• Implementing Symmetric Encryption
• Implementing Asymmetric Encryption
• Lab: Encrypting and Decrypting Grades Reports
• Encrypting the Grades Report
• Decrypting the Grades Report