After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the core syntax and features of Visual C#
• Create methods, handle exceptions, and describe the monitoring requirements of large-scale applications.
• Implement the basic structure and essential elements of a typical desktop application.
• Create classes, define and implement interfaces, and create and use generic collections.

• Use inheritance to create a class hierarchy and to extend a .NET Framework class.

•  Read and write data by using file input/output and streams and serialize and deserialize data in different formats.
•  Create and use an entity data model for accessing a database and use LINQ to query data.
• Access and query remote data by using the types in the System.Net namespace and WCF Data Services.
•  Build a graphical user interface by using XAML.
•  Improve the throughput and response time of applications by using tasks and asynchronous operations
• Integrate unmanaged libraries and dynamic components into a Visual C# application.
• Examine the metadata of types by using reflection, create and use custom attributes, generate code at runtime, and manage assembly versions.
• Encrypt and decrypt data by using symmetric and asymmetric encryption.