Preface

Beginning C# 7 Hands-On - The Core Language teaches you the core C# language and syntax in a working Visual Studio environment. This book covers everything from the core language through to more advanced features, such as object-oriented programming techniques. This book is for C# beginners who need a practical reference to the core C# language features.
You'll also gain a view of C# through web programming with web forms, so you'll learn HTML, basic CSS, and how to use a variety of controls, such as buttons and drop-down lists. You'll start with the fundamentals of C# and Visual Studio, including defining variables, interacting with users, and understanding data types, data conversions, and constants.
You'll move on to checking conditions using if...else blocks, and how to use loops to do things such as repeat blocks of code. After covering various operators to evaluate and assign control structures, you'll see how to use arrays to store collections of data. By the time you’ve finished the book, you’ll know how to program the vital elements of the core C# language. These are the building blocks that you can then combine to build complex C# programs.