C# Software development made easy study guide - Desktop applications

C# Software development made easy: Console and Desktop applications, Windows services.

This 72-page, downloadable pdf study guide is aimed at making Windows Desktop applications easy and understandable through:

• Thorough, yet concise, explanations
• Examples
• Tabular Summaries
• Coding exercises to implement knowledge
• Review Questions (Q&A)
• Editable Worksheet to guide you through the study guide and track your progress

Knowledge areas

Understanding Console applications

• Summary of Desktop application types
• About Console applications
• Creating a Console application
• Structure of a Console application
• The Console class
• Console applications Exercises
• Console applications Q & A

Understanding Windows applications

• Classic Windows applications
• UWP applications
• WPF applications
• Windows application development exercises
• Windows application development Q & A

Understanding Windows services

• About Windows services
• Where to find installed Windows services
• How to create a Windows service
• How to install a Windows service
• Service applications vs other Visual Studio applications
• Service lifetime
• ServiceBase class
• Event logs
• Understanding Windows services exercises
• Understanding Windows services Q & A