Wrapping Up

Abstract

If you’ve made it this far, take a moment and pat yourself on the back. You’ve come a long way since the day you first cracked open the cover of this book; you’ve gained valuable skills and learned concepts you can use to successfully program using the .NET Framework, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• the importance of the application design cycle

• the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and how it can help facilitate the analysis and design of object-oriented programs

• the common language runtime (CLR)

• the structure of the .NET Framework

• how to create and use class structures and hierarchies

• how to implement inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces

• object interaction and collaboration

• event-driven programming

• structured error handling

• how to work with data structures and data sources using ADO.NET

• using the Entity Framework to create object relational mappings to a SQL Server database

• how to use the features of the Visual Studio IDE to increase productivity and facilitate debugging

• how to implement a Windows-based graphical user interface using the Windows Presentation Framework

• how to implement a web-based graphical user interface using ASP.NET and Web Forms

• how to create a Windows Store app

• how to create and consume services using Windows Communication Foundation and the ASP.NET Web API