Prentice Hall - C# Essentials Chapter 1 - The Journey to C# Download the pdf at Prentice Hall. Topics include - What is the .NET Framework? What's in the .NET Framework? What is C#?

Wrox - Beginning Visual C# Chapter 1 - Introducing C# Download the pdf at Wiley. Download the source code for the book at Wrox. Topics include - What is the .NET Framework? What's in the .NET Framework? What is C#?

O'Reilly - C# in a Nutshell Chapter 1 - Introducing C# and the .NET Framework View Online at ONDotNet.com. Topics include - The C# Language The .NET Framework ECMA Standardization Changes in Visual C# 2003

Addison Wesley - C# Primer Chapter 1 - Hello C# Download the pdf at Addison Wesley. Download the source code for the book at Addison Wesley. Topics include - Namespaces Making a Statement The string Type A Value and Reference Types The new expression Garbage Collection Dynamic Arrays: The ArrayList Collection Class The Unified Type System Shadow Boxing Jagged Arrays The Hashtable Container Exception Handling

Deitel - C#, How To Program Chapter 2 - Introduction to the Visual Studio .NET IDE Download the pdf at Prentice-Hall. Download the source code for the book at Deitel. Topics include - Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Overview. Menu Bar and Toolbar. Visual Studio. .NET Windows. Using Help. Simple Program: Displaying Text and an Image.

Murach - C# Chapter 1 - Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Topics include - An introduction to the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET. A tour of Visual Studio. How to Test a Project.

O'Reilly - Learning C# Chapter 2 - Getting Started with C# View Online at O'Reilly. Download the source code for the book at O'Reilly. Topics include - What's in a Program? Your First Program: Hello World Examining Your First Program

Prentice Hall - C# For Windows Programming Chapter 1 - Visual Studio .NET and C# View Online at Prentice Hall. Topics include - Visual Studio .NET and C#. Building C# Applications. C# Programming Elements - Arrays. Attributes, Events, Indexers, Properties, and Versioning. Boxing, Unboxing, and Unified Type System. Classes, Structures, and Enum. Namespaces. Predefined Types. Statements. Value and Reference Types. Designer Variables. Initializing Components. The Event Handler.

Sams - Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours Chapter 1 - A C# Programming Tour View Online at InformIT. Download the source code for the book at InformIT. Topics include - Creating a New Project. Understanding the C# Environment. Changing the Characteristics of Objects. Naming Objects. Setting the Text Property of the Form. Giving the Form an Icon. Changing the Size of the Form. Adding Controls to a Form. Designing an Interface. Adding an Invisible Control to a Form. Coding an Interface. Running a Project.

Sams - Teach Yourself C# in 21 Days Chapter 3 - Storing Information with Variables in C# View Online at InformIT. Download the source code for the book at InformIT. Topics include - Variables Using Variables Understanding Your Computer's Memory C# Data Types Numeric Variable Types Literals Versus Variables Constants Reference Types

Deitel - C#, How To Program Chapter 3 - Introduction to C# Programming Download the pdf at Prentice-Hall. Download the source code for the book at Deitel. Topics include - Simple Program: Printing a Line of Text. Another Simple Program: Adding Integers. Memory Concepts. Arithmetic. Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operations.

Prentice Hall - Application Development Using C# and .NET Chapter 2 - .NET Fundamentals View Online at Prentice Hall or Download the pdf at Prentice Hall. Download the source code for the book at Object Innovations. Topics include - Problems of Windows Development. Applications of the Future.

Addison - Programming in the .NET Environment Chapter 2 - The Type System View Online at Addison Wesley or Download the pdf at Addison Wesley. Download the source code for the book at Addison Wesley. Topics include - The Relationship Between Programming Languages and Type Systems. The Evolution of Type Systems. Programming Language-Specific Type Systems. The Design Challenge: Development of a Single Type System for Multiple Languages. CLR-Programming Language Interaction: An Overview. Elements of the CLR Type System. Value Types. Built-in Value Types. User-Defined Value Types. Reference Types. Object Types. Interface Types. Pointer Types. Example: User-Defined Object Type. Example: Use of Interfaces on Value Types. Assignment Compatibility. Nested Types. Visibility. Accessibility.

Microsoft - C# Language Specifications Chapter 3 - Basic Concepts View Online at Microsoft. Topics include - Program Startup/Termination. Declarations. Members. Member access. Signatures and overloading. Scopes. Namespace and type names.

Microsoft - Visual C#.NET Deluxe Learning Edition-Version 2003 Chapter 3 - Writing Methods and Applying Scope View Online at Microsoft. Topics include - Declaring Methods Specifying the Method Declaration Syntax Writing return Statements Calling Methods Specifying the Method Call Syntax Understanding Scope Creating Local Scope with a Method Creating Class Scope with a Class Overloading Identifiers Writing and Calling Methods

Apress - Beginning C# Objects From Concepts to Code Chapter 3 - Objects and Classes Download the pdf at Apress. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include - What Is an Object? State/Attributes/Data. Behavior/Operations/Methods. Classes. Instantiation. User-Defined Types and Reference Variables. Objects As Attributes. Composition.

Sams - Microsoft Visual C#.NET 2003 Kick Start Chapter 3 - Object-Oriented Programming View Online at InformIT. Download the source code for the book at InformIT. Topics include - Creating Classes, Creating Objects, Using Access Modifiers, Creating Fields and Using Initializers, Creating Methods, Creating Properties, Read-only Properties, Creating Constructors, Creating Structs, Creating Static Members, Creating Static Fields, Creating Static Properties, Creating Destructors and Handling Garbage Collection, Overloading Methods, Overloading Operators, Creating Namespaces

Apress - Beginning C# Objects From Concepts to Code Chapter 6 - Collections of Objects Download the pdf at Apress. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include - What Are Collections? Collections Are Defined by Classes. Arrays As Simple Collections. Multidimensional Arrays. More Sophisticated Collection Types. Inventing Our Own Collection Types. Collections As Method Return Types. Collections of Supertypes.

Sams - Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours Chapter 3 - Understanding Objects and Collections View Online at InformIT. Download the source code for the book at InformIT. Topics include - Understanding Objects. Understanding Properties. Understanding Methods. Building an Object Example Project. Understanding Collections. Using the Object Browser.

Addison - Understanding .NET - A Tutorial and Analysis Chapter 4 - .NET Languages View Online at Addison Wesley or Download the pdf at Addison Wesley. Topics include - C#. C# Types. C# Control Structures. Visual Basic.NET. VB.NET Types. VB.NET Control Structures. C++ with Managed Extensions. Managed C++ Types. Other Managed C++ Features.

Sams - Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook Chapter 3 - Strings and Regular Expressions View Online at Sams Publishing or Alternatively view a copy at Code Project. Download the source code for the book at Sams Publishing. Topics include - Creating and Using String Objects. Formatting Strings. Accessing Individual String Characters. Analyzing Character Attributes. Case-Insensitive String Comparison. Working with Substrings. Using Verbatim String Syntax. Choosing Between Constant and Mutable Strings. Optimizing StringBuilder Performance. Understanding Basic Regular Expression Syntax. Validating User Input with Regular Expressions. Replacing Substrings Using Regular Expressions. Building a Regular Expression Library.

Microsoft - Inside C# Chapter 10 - String Handling and Regular Expressions View Online at Microsoft or Alternatively view a copy at Code Project. Download the source code for the book at Microsoft. Topics include - String Formatting Format Specifiers Objects and ToString Numeric String Parsing Strings and DateTime Encoding Strings The StringBuilder Class Splitting Strings Extending Strings String Interning Regular Expressions Match and MatchCollection Groups and Captures String-Modifying Expressions Regular Expression Options Compiling Regular Expressions

Murach - C# Chapter 4 - Numeric and String Data Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Topics include - Built-in Value Types. Strings. Converting Data Types. Scope and Enumerations.

Wrox - Beginning Visual C# Chapter 4 - Flow Control Download the pdf at Wrox. Download the source code for the book at Wrox. Topics include - Boolean Logic. Bitwise Operators. Boolean Assignment Operators Operator Precedence The goto Statement The Ternary Operator The if Statement The switch Statement do Loops while Loops for Loops Interrupting Loops Infinite Loops

Murach - C# Chapter 5 - Control Structures Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Topics include - Boolean Expressions. Conditional Statements. Loops.

Murach - C# Chapter 6 - Methods and Event Handlers Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Topics include - Coding and Calling Methods. Events and Delegates.

Murach - C# Chapter 7 - Exceptions and Data Validation Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Topics include - Exceptions. Structured Exception Handling. Data Validation.

O'Reilly - C# Cookbook Chapter 8 - Regular Expressions Download the pdf at O'Reilly. Download the source code for the book at O'Reilly. Topics include - Enumerating Matches Extracting Groups from a MatchCollection Verifying the Syntax of a Regular Expression Quickly Finding Only the Last Match in a String Replacing Characters or Words in a String Augmenting the Basic String Replacement Function A Better Tokenizer Compiling Regular Expressions Counting Lines of Text Returning the Entire Line in Which a Match Is Found Finding a Particular Occurrence of a Match Using Common Patterns Documenting Your Regular Expressions

Microsoft - C# for Java Developers Chapter 9 - Collections View Online at Microsoft Press. Topics include - Indexers Collection Interfaces Basic Collections Specialized Collections The CollectionsUtil Class Synchronization Custom Collections

O'Reilly - Programming C# Chapter 12 - Delegates and Events Download the pdf at O'Reilly. Download the source code for the book at Jesse Liberty O'Reilly & Associates 2003. Topics include - Delegates Multicasting Events Retrieving Values from Multicast Delegates

Apress - A Programmer's Introduction to C# Chapter 21 - Attributes View Online at Code Project. Download the pdf at Apress. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include - Using Attributes Attribute Usage Attribute Parameters Reflecting on Attributes

Sams - Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours Chapter 17 - Designing Objects Using Classes View Online at InformIT. Download the source code for the book at InformIT. Topics include - Encapsulating data and code using classes Comparing instance member classes with static member classes Constructors and destructors Creating an object interface Exposing object attributes as propertie Exposing methods Instantiating objects from classes Binding an object reference to a variable Understanding object lifetime Releasing object references

Microsoft - Visual C# .NET Step by Step Chapter 13 - Using Garbage Collection and Resource Management View Online at Microsoft. Topics include - Garbage Collection Resource Management

Apress - C# and the .NET Platform Chapter 5 - Advanced C# Class Construction Techniques Download the pdf at Apress. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include - Building a Custom Indexer Overloading Operators Understanding (and Using) Delegates Understanding (and Using) Events XML-Based Documentation Viewing the Generated XML File Visual Studio.NET Documentation Support

Apress - C# and the .NET Platform Chapter 6 - Assemblies, Threads, and AppDomains View Online at The Code Project. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include - An Overview of .NET Assemblies Cross-Language Inheritance Understanding Private Assemblies Understanding Shared Assemblies Understanding .NET Version Policies The Administrator Configuration File Understanding System.AppDomain

Prentice Hall - Introduction to C# Using .NET Chapter 18 - Interfaces and the .NET Framework Download the pdf at Object Innovations. Download the source code for the book at Object Innovations and its update here. Topics include - ArrayList Collection Interfaces User-Defined Objects Copy Semantics and ICloneable Copy Semantics in C# Shallow Copy and Deep Copy Comparing Objects Sorting an Array Implementing IComparable

Apress - Best Kept Secrets in .NET Various Excerpts - Best Kept Secrets in .NET Download the pdf at Apress. Download the source code for the book at Apress. Topics include Chapter 1 - Hidden Treasures in Visual Studio Organizing Code Snippets Chapter 2 - Doing Windows Forms Iterating Through the Controls on a Form Chapter 3 - Code Tricks Obsolescing Your Code Chapter 4 - Much ADO Viewing Datasets As XML

Murach's Visual Basic 2005 Chapter 2 - How to design a Windows Forms application Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Chapter 2 shows you how to use Visual Studio .NET to design a Windows form that displays the discount amount and final total for an invoice, based on user input and a fixed discount rate. It also tells you how to set the Visual Studio options so it's easier to create a new project. Topics include - How to set options and create a new project How to design a form How to name and save the files of a project

Murach's Visual Basic 2005 Chapter 3 - How to code and test a Windows Forms application Download the pdf at Murach. Download the source code for the book at Murach. Chapter 3 teaches you how to enter the Visual Basic code for the Windows form in chapter 2 so the interface works the way you want it to. Along the way, it shows you how to use two new 2005 features, code snippets and refactoring. And it gets you started with practical debugging techniques Topics include - An introduction to coding How to add code to a form Four new coding features Other skills for working with code How to run, test, and debug a project