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Programming in the Key of C#: A Primer for Aspiring Programmers
Author Charles Petzold
Pages 432
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Level Beginner
Published 08/06/2003
ISBN 9780735618008
Price $29.99
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Compose your first software applications with programming maestro Charles Petzold.

Learning to program is like learning a musical instrument. It takes dedication, lots of practice, and a great teacher. This primer—created by award-winning author Charles Petzold—focuses on the fundamentals of composing code with C#, an intuitive object-oriented programming language ideal for creating solutions for Microsoft Windows and the Web. Whether you’re new to programming or new to C#, you’ll quickly build the skills you need to orchestrate your own applications in the key of C#.

Discover how to:
•Start simple with variables—integers and text strings
•Learn the basics of user input and output
•Get deeper into data types with decimals and floating point
•Explore how Booleans help a program make decisions
•Branch, loop, and enumerate to perform selective and repetitive tasks
•Prevent your programs from crashing with structured exception handling
•Assemble classes from fields, methods, and properties
•Extend classes with inheritance, operators, and virtual methods
•Store information in data fields
•Teach your programs to play music in the key of C#

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