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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

Choosing a collection

While choosing a collection type, we have to analyze the scenarios in the application in which we want to use them. The primary difference between these collection types is the way we access elements in them:

  • The array collection needs to have a definite size or length while declaring itself. On the other hand, all other collection types can have their sizes increased dynamically. Also, arrays support random access to the data. This basically implies that as long as the element exists at the specified index in the array, we can access that element without needing to loop through the entire array.
  • Queues and stacks allow us access the elements in a definite manner. While the queue works in a FIFO manner, the stack works in a LIFO manner.
  • On the other hand, the list and dictionary collection types allow us to configure random access to the elements. Please...