C# Programming for Absolute Beginners

"Get started using the C# programming language. Based on the author's 15 years of experience teaching beginners, the book provides you with a step-by-step introduction to the principles of programming, or rather, how to think like a programmer. The task-solution approach will get you immersed, with minimum theory and maximum action. What You Will Learn: Understand what programming is all about; Write simple, but non-trivial, programs; Become familiar with basic programming constructs such as statements, types, variables, conditions, and loops. Learn to think like a programmer and combine these programming constructs in new ways. Get to know C# as a modern, mainstream programming language, and Visual Studio as one of the world's most popular programming tools. Who This Book Is For? Those with very little or no experience in computer programming, who know how to use a computer, install a program, and navigate the web."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix Getting Ready (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Your First Program (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 11-29 Dealing with Output (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 31-43 Using Variables (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 45-55 Working with Objects (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 57-67 Using Object Actions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 69-79 More About Objects (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 81-92 Front Matter ....Pages 93-93 Input (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 95-107 Numbers (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 109-120 Economic Calculations (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 121-135 Calculations with Dates (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 137-147 Understanding Different Kinds of Numbers (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 149-164 Accumulating Values (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 165-176 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Essential Tools (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 179-198 Getting Started with Conditions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 199-218 Practical Conditions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 219-232 Compound Conditions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 233-245 Multiple Conditions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 247-262 Advanced Conditions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 263-273 Front Matter ....Pages 275-275 First Loops (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 277-287 Improving Loops (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 289-298 Number Series (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 299-312 Unknown Number of Repetitions (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 313-324 Accumulating Intermediate Results (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 325-335 Advanced Loops (Radek Vystavěl)....Pages 337-351 Back Matter ....Pages 353-356