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Learn C# in 7 days

By : Gaurav Aroraa
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Learn C# in 7 days

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By: Gaurav Aroraa

Overview of this book

This book takes a unique approach to teach C# to absolute beginners. You’ll learn the basics of the language in seven days. It takes a practical approach to explain the important concepts that build the foundation of the C# programming language. The book begins by teaching you the basic fundamentals using real-world practical examples and gets you acquainted with C# programming. We cover some important features and nuances of the language in a hands-on way, helping you grasp the concepts in a fluid manner. Later, you’ll explore the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) through a real-world example. Then we dive into advanced-level concepts such as generics and collections, and you’ll get acquainted with objects and LINQ. Towards the end, you’ll build an application that covers all the concepts explained in the book. By the end of this book, you will have next-level skills and a good knowledge of the fundamentals of C#.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Getting started with application development


In the previous sections, we discussed why we are going to develop this application and why it is required, as per industry demands. We also discussed the basic system requirements, and we laid out the system theoretically so that when we start with the actual coding, we can follow all these rules/requirements. In this section, we will start the actual development.

Prerequisites

To start the development of this application, we need the following as prerequisites:

  • Visual Studio 2017 update 3 or later
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 or later
  • C# 7.0 or later
  • ASP.NET Core
  • Entity Framework Core

The database design

To perform the database design, you should have a basic knowledge of the SQL Server and the core concepts of database. The following resources may be helpful if you want to learn database concepts: