"Intermediate"--Cover. Includes index.

"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. Discover how to: Create and debug C# applications in Visual Studio 2013 Work with variables, identifiers, statements, operators, and methods Create interfaces and define abstract classes Write robust code that can catch and handle exceptions Display and edit data using data binding with Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework Respond to user input and touchscreen gestures Handle events arising from multiple sources Develop your first Windows 8.1 apps"--Publisher's description. Welcome to C# -- Working with variables, operators, and expressions -- Writing methods and applying scope -- Using decision statements -- Using compound assignment and iteration statements -- Managing errors and exceptions -- Creating and managing classes and objects -- Understanding values and references -- Creating value types with enumerations and structures -- Using arrays -- Understanding parameter arrays -- Working with inheritance -- Creating interfaces and defining abstract classes -- Using garbage collection and resource management -- Implementing properties to access fields -- Using collections -- Enumerating collections -- Decoupoing application logic and handling events -- Querying in-memory data by using query expressions -- Operator overloading -- Improving throughput by using tasks -- Improving response time by performing asynchronous operations -- Implementing the user interface for a Windows Store app -- Displaying and searching for data in a Windows Store app -- Accessing a remote database from a Windows Store app.