Название: C# Programming for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Think Like a Programmer and Start Writing Code, 2nd Edition
Автор: Radek Vystavel
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2021
Страниц: 376
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 20.9 MB

Get started using the C# programming language. Based on the author’s 15 years of experience teaching beginners, this book provides you with a step-by-step introduction to the principles of programming, or rather, how to think like a programmer. The task-solution approach will get you immersed, with minimum theory and maximum action.

In this book, you will create some real programs, and for this purpose, you need to learn a programming language, which is what gives the computer its instructions. Programming languages provide the interaction between computers and humans. They are strict enough so that absolutely dumb computers can understand them, and yet they are human enough so that programmers can write code using them.

Over time, many programming languages have been created, and many are in use today. Each language has its virtues and drawbacks. For this book, I have chosen the C# programming language, which is my number-one language both for professional development and for teaching. It’s about 20 years old, which means its creators could avoid the known flaws of older languages when developing it. In addition, it is now a time-proven language, not to be readily replaced by some new fashion.

C# is actually the flagship language of Microsoft. It is quite universal—you can use it to write a variety of programs ranging from traditional console and desktop applications through websites and services to mobile development, both for business and for entertainment. Originally born on Windows, it has been quickly spreading onto other platforms in recent years—such as Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS.

What You Will Learn:

Understand what programming is all about
Write simple, but non-trivial, programs
Become familiar with basic programming constructs such as statements, types, variables, conditions, and loops
Think like a programmer and combine these programming constructs in new ways
Get to know C# as a modern, mainstream programming language, and Visual Studio as one of the world’s most popular programming tools

Who This Book Is For:
The book is primarily intended for those who have no or only a limited knowledge of programming. To get the most from this book, you should be skillful with computers—you should be able to install a program, know what a file or a folder is, and so on. However, because of the book’s deep coverage of the topics included, you may also benefit from the book if you are an intermediate programmer or someone who has already mastered another programming language and want to start with C#. You will simply proceed faster through the book than absolute beginners.