Introduction PART I INTRODUCING MICROSOFT VISUAL C# AND MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO CHAPTER 1 Welcome to C# CHAPTER 2 Working with variables, operators, and expressions CHAPTER 3 Writing methods and applying scope CHAPTER 4 Using decision statements CHAPTER 5 Using compound assignment and iteration statements CHAPTER 6 Managing errors and exceptions PART II UNDERSTANDING THE C# OBJECT MODEL CHAPTER 7 Creating and managing classes and objects CHAPTER 8 Understanding values and references CHAPTER 9 Creating value types with enumerations and structures CHAPTER 10 Using arrays CHAPTER 11 Understanding parameter arrays CHAPTER 12 Working with inheritance CHAPTER 13 Creating interfaces and defining abstract classes CHAPTER 14 Using garbage collection and resource management PART III DEFINING EXTENSIBLE TYPES WITH C# CHAPTER 15 Implementing properties to access fields CHAPTER 16 Handling binary data and using indexers CHAPTER 17 Introducing generics CHAPTER 18 Using collections CHAPTER 19 Enumerating collections CHAPTER 20 Decoupling application logic and handling events CHAPTER 21 Querying in-memory data by using query expressions CHAPTER 22 Operator overloading PART IV BUILDING UNIVERSAL WINDOWS PLATFORM APPLICATIONS WITH C# CHAPTER 23 Improving throughput by using tasks CHAPTER 24 Improving response time by performing asynchronous operations CHAPTER 25 Implementing the user interface for a Universal Windows Platform app CHAPTER 26 Displaying and searching for data in a Universal Windows Platform app CHAPTER 27 Accessing a remote database from a Universal Windows Platform app.