C# 4.0 Training Course in UK for Experienced Delphi Programmers - C# 4.0 Training Class Outline

Pre-requisites

Anyone experienced with Delphi wanting to apply his or her Delphi knowledge to Visual Studio 2010 .NET and C# 4.0. Anyone wanting to understand the relative benefits of Delphi and .NET

Course Benefits

This C# 4.0 training course for Delphi developers course is an intensive hands on introduction to .NET using the C# language, for experienced Delphi developers. Leverage your existing Delphi skills by concentrating on those areas of .NET that are different from Delphi.

Learn which parts of your Delphi knowledge can be directly applied to .NET. Discover the areas where .NET is better than Delphi, and where Delphi is better than .NET, so that you can make an informed choice for your next development project.

You Will Learn How To

• Write .NET Windows applications in C#
• Create sophisticated Windows GUIs using FCL components and GDI+
• Write database applications using ADO.NET
• Utilize generics and interfaces
• Create .NET class libraries, and shared assemblies
• Sign assemblies with a public/private RSA encryption key
• Deploy .NET apps & shared assemblies using the Windows Installer
• Deploy .NET apps w/standalone setup programs or Web based deployment
• Implement standard interfaces in your own class
• Release sensitve resources before the garbage collector runs

Course Content

Visual Studio IDE
Overview of the Visual Studio 2010 .NET IDE | The Visual Studio environment | Basic IDE skills | Using the editor | Solutions and Assemblies | Creating, saving, compiling and running Windows applications | The Visual Studio debugger.

Windows Forms
Creating a Windows Forms solution | Designing the user interface | FCL components and their VCL equivalent | Using the form designer | Using pop-up and pull-down menus | Control interaction and event handling | Modal and non-modal windows

The C# Language
Overview of C# | Syntax differences between C# and Object Pascal | Data types and the CLS | Reference vs. Value types | Constants and variables | Arrays, indexers and collections | Custom attributes | Exception handling | Preprocessor directives | Modules and namespaces | Generics | Delegates | New language features in C# 3.0 and C# 4.0

Object Oriented Programming
Everything is a class | Boxing and un-boxing | Defining classes and creating objects | Properties | Methods | Interfaces | Delegates | Events | Static members | Inheritance and Polymorphism | Nested classes | Structs | Generics

The Microsoft .NET Framework
The CLR, managed code, MSIL and just-in-time compiling | Garbage collection | The FCL classes and namespaces | Working with text | GDI+ | ADO.NET | Built-in classes | File I/O | Working with XML

Deployment
Assembly types, strong names and code signing | The global assembly cache | Deployment scenarios | Creating a setup program

Database Programming
Learn about components and class structures for database programming | Data binding on web forms and window forms | Efficiency vs convenience tradeoffs with database programming strategies. | Applying changes and the briefcase model

• Write lots of small programs in C# using Visual Studio .NET
• Implement multi form applications with a variety of controls and event handlers
• Write database applications in C# using Visual Studio .NET
• Create and test a windows installer installation
• Implement interfaces
• Dispose of sensitive resources before the garbage collector runs