Programming in C#: Managing Program Flow

Overview/Description
Microsoft Visual C# is a principal development language for the .NET framework. This course offers instruction on how to manage program flow in C# applications. It describes functionality such as multithreading, asynchronous processing, events and call backs, and exception handling. This course is a part of the preparation materials intended to prepare an individual for Exam 70-483 Programming in C#. Passing this exam provides Microsoft Specialist certification and is a credit towards the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification Windows Store Apps Using C#.

Target Audience
Individuals with knowledge of object-oriented programming who want to learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual C#; individuals preparing for the exam 70-483 Programming in C#

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Programming in C#: Managing Program Flow

• start the course
• use the switch statement
• use the for and foreach iteration statements
• use operators and evaluation expressions
• use built-in delegate types to make code easier to create and read
• create and use delegates
• use lambda expressions
• use anonymous methods
• subscribe to an event
• handle exceptions by implementing multiple catch blocks
• use the finally block
• create custom exception classes
• describe the differences between thrown and re-thrown exceptions
• using locking to prevent data from being accessed by multiple threads at a time
• use synchronization events
• use the interlocked class for thread-safe numeric access
• distinguish between parallel for and for statements
• speed up LINQ queries using Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)
• schedule tasks using the task object
• set up a series of tasks to run in a specified sequence