C# Console and Windows Forms Development with Entity Framework

Description

C#, the most versatile programming language in the .NET framework, allows developers to build Windows, web, and mobile applications. It has strong community support, and more than five million developers prefer C#. This course will teach you how to build a Windows Forms application using C#. The course starts by highlighting the learning objectives and explaining the installation process of Visual Studio 2022. Next, you will learn the basic and advanced concepts of C# console programming needed for application development. You will also understand how to use WinForms, ADO.Net, and Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to create WinForms applications. Moving along, you will learn to build data-driven GUI applications using Windows Forms and manage databases with SQL server management studio. Next, you will understand the concept of user management and learn how to use utility classes to keep the code clean. Later, you will learn to develop multi-document interface (MDI) applications and learn the techniques to add a Visual Studio project to source control. By the end of this course, you will have moved around in Visual Studio and examined logic and syntax errors so much that it will be second nature for you when working in the .NET environment. This will put your newly learned skills to practical use and impress your boss and co-workers. The code files and all related resources are uploaded on GitHub at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/C-Console-and-Windows-Forms-Development-with-Entity-Framework

What You Will Learn

Find out how to create desktop applications with C#
Connect Windows Forms applications to a database
Discover how to use C# operators for math and logic tasks
Handle database changes and manage create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations
Write Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to retrieve data from databases
Connect to and upload a project to GitHub

Audience

This beginner-friendly course is for anyone wanting to learn LINQ and wanting to learn .NET programming with C#. This course will also be beneficial for those who want to learn desktop development with Windows Forms from scratch.

No prior knowledge of C# or .NET is required.

Approach

This course is very beginner-friendly and chock full of development tips. This huge course offers premium content, smartly broken up to highlight a set of related activities based on each module. We will also look at troubleshooting and debugging errors as we go along; implementing best practices; writing efficient logic, and understanding why developers do things the way they do. Your knowledge will grow, step by step, throughout the course and you will be challenged to be the best you can be.

Key Features

Become familiar with C#, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), ADO.NET, and SQL server concepts * Learn how to apply the principles of object-oriented programming in C# * Get ready to build and run amazing Windows Forms applications

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/C-Console-and-Windows-Forms-Development-with-Entity-Framework

About the Author

Trevoir Williams

Trevoir Williams is a software engineer and part-time lecturer. With a master's degree in computer science, he has spent over a decade teaching web, software, and database development courses. He also has extensive industry experience in web application development, Azure Cloud system, and server administration. He enjoys teaching IT and development courses and hopes to impart knowledge of the latest developments in industry standards and techniques to his students.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

2. Development Environment Setup

3. C# Console Programming - Basic Control Structures

4. C# Console Programming - More Advanced Concepts

5. Winforms Applications - The Basics

6. Multi Document Interface (MDI) and More Database Operations

7. Managing Database Changes and CRUD Operations

8. User Management and Login Functionality

9. Add To Source Control

10. BONUS Discounts