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Programming in C#: Exam 70-483 (MCSD) Guide

By : Simaranjit Singh Bhalla, SrinivasMadhav Gorthi
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Programming in C#: Exam 70-483 (MCSD) Guide

By: Simaranjit Singh Bhalla, SrinivasMadhav Gorthi

Overview of this book

Programming in C# is a certification from Microsoft that measures the ability of developers to use the power of C# in decision making and creating business logic. This book is a certification guide that equips you with the skills that you need to crack this exam and promote your problem-solving acumen with C#. The book has been designed as preparation material for the Microsoft specialization exam in C#. It contains examples spanning the main focus areas of the certification exam, such as debugging and securing applications, and managing an application's code base, among others. This book will be full of scenarios that demand decision-making skills and require a thorough knowledge of C# concepts. You will learn how to develop business logic for your application types in C#. This book is exam-oriented, considering all the patterns for Microsoft certifications and practical solutions to challenges from Microsoft-certified authors. By the time you've finished this book, you will have had sufficient practice solving real-world application development problems with C# and will be able to carry your newly-learned skills to crack the Microsoft certification exam to level up your career.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
17
Mock Test 1
18
Mock Test 2
19
Mock Test 3

Creating and Using Types in C#

Types are the building blocks of a C# program. Even while writing a basic C# program, we must use the right types while creating our program. In Chapter 2, Understanding Classes, Structures, and Interfaces, we learned the basics of types in a C# program. We learned about the value and reference type variables that are present in a C# program.

In addition to awareness of the different types, we should also understand that it's quite important for us to use each type in the best possible circumstance or situation. We also should be aware of the best practices regarding the creation and usage of these types. We will be going through this in this chapter.

We will walk through the following topics in this chapter:

  • Creating types
  • Consuming types
  • How to use properties to enforce encapsulation
  • Using of optional and named parameters
  • Creating indexed...