For courses in Introductory C# Programming.

Clear, Friendly, and Approachable Introduction to Visual C# Programming

Clear, friendly, and approachable, this Fourth Edition of Starting Out With Visual C# is an ideal beginning text for readers with no programming experience. Detailed walk-throughs and a readable, comprehensible style make the text inviting to new programmers, while numerous practical example programs highlight the most important programming topics. Gaddis’s detailed, step-by-step instructions teach a GUI-based approach that motivates readers with familiar graphical elements. Topics are examined progressively in each chapter, with objects taught before classes. The Fourth Edition has been completely updated for Visual Studio 2015 and contains new sections on debugging, accessing controls on different forms, and auto-properties.

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. He is a highly acclaimed instructor with two decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony was previously selected as  the North Carolina Community College “Teacher of the Year” and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory textbooks covering Programming Logic and Design, C++, JavaTM, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® C#, Python, App Inventor, and Alice, all published by Pearson.

1. Introductions to Computers and Programming
2. Introduction to Visual C#
3. Processing Data
4. Making Decisions
5. Loops, Files, and Random Numbers
6. Modularizing Your Code with Methods
7. Arrays and Lists
8. More about Processing Data
9. Classes and Multiform Projects
10. Inheritance and Polymorphism
11. Databases