Introduction to Programming

Overview/Description
Software Development Fundamentals covers a common set of methodologies used when creating programs with a variety of programming languages. In this course you'll explore how to create programs, what decision structures are, and also explore the basics of object-oriented programming.

Target Audience
Programmers and developers who want to better understand software development

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to Programming

• start the course
• create a basic C# program
• define the basic structure of a C# program
• create variables and constants
• define different variable data types
• create arrays
• use math operators
• create a basic C# program
• read a text file and display its contents using C#
• read a text file and display its contents using C#
• use if statements
• use if-else statements
• use conditional operators
• use switch statements
• use while and do-while loops
• use for and foreach loops
• implement recursion in software programming
• use exception handling
• use try, catch, and finally statements together
• create a class in C#
• create objects from a C# class
• create properties for C# objects
• reference objects using the this keyword
• use an object to trigger an event
• use namespaces with objects
• implement static members
• implement structs
• define the purpose of access modifiers
• define inheritance in object-oriented programming
• define inheritance in object-oriented programming
• recognize introductory programming concepts