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Contents: * Introduction * Introducing Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 * Chapter 1: Welcome to C# * Chapter 2: Working with variables, operators, and expressions * Chapter 3: Writing methods and applying scope * Chapter 4: Using decision statements * Chapter 5: Using compound assignment and iteration statements * Chapter 6: Managing errors and exceptions * Understanding the C# object model * Chapter 7: Creating and managing classes and objects * Chapter 8: Understanding values and references * Chapter 9: Creating value types with enumerations and structures * Chapter 10: Using arrays * Chapter 11: Understanding parameter arrays * Chapter 12: Working with inheritance * Chapter 13: Creating interfaces and defining abstract classes * Chapter 14: Using garbage collection and resource management * Defining extensible types with C# * Chapter 15: Implementing properties to access fields * Chapter 16: Using indexers * Chapter 17: Introducing generics * Chapter 18: Using collections * Chapter 19: Enumerating collections * Chapter 20: Decoupling application logic and handling events * Chapter 21: Querying in-memory data by using query expressions * Chapter 22: Operator overloading * Building professional Windows 8.1 applications with C# * Chapter 23: Improving throughput by using tasks * Chapter 24: Improving response time by performing asynchronous operations * Chapter 25: Implementing the user interface for a Windows Store app * Chapter 26: Displaying and searching for data in a Windows Store app * Chapter 27: Accessing a remote database from a Windows Store app * About the author.

Expand your expertise - and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual C# 2013. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Visual C# 2013, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.