Computing with C# and the .NET Framework, Second Edition is appropriate for the two-term CS1 course and has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate Visual Studio 2010. This text carefully introduces object-oriented and event-driven programming with numerous examples based on years of teaching, so students can grasp these difficult concepts and then apply them. The author takes a spiral approach to teach objects, starting with simple intuitive examples, then simple class design, and finally progresses to the more difficult aspects of inheritance and polymorphism. Similarly with events, he uses the spiral approach to introduce simple paint event first, proceeding to user interfaces and event handlers. The many and varied types of exercises support the text and provide students with the practice they need to fully comprehend this popular programming language.New and Key Features of the Second Edition:-Includes the new and relevant features of the C# language through version 4-Chapter 12 has been rewritten to use generic collections-A new section has been added to introduce Language Integrated Query (LINQ)-Includes named and optional method arguments, anonymous functions, implicity typed local variables, and object and collection initialization-Contains a new appendix that provides examples showing how to use Visual Studio or Visual C# Express