The .NET Developer Network is very pleased to offer an evening of free C#/.NET training to be provided by PC-Talk (http://www.pc-talk.co.uk) trainer David Ringsell. PC-Talk offer custom and Microsoft-certified courses in C#, Visual Basic and the .NET Framework using Visual Studio 2005 and later. The purpose of this free evening of training is two-fold:-

1. To give you a chance to get members of your team started on C#/.NET learning curve
2. To let you “try before you buy”. PC-Talk are offering part of one of their most popular training courses for free to allow you to try them out as a training company. Even if you have been developing in C# or Visual Basic.NET you can send along junior members of your team or developers who want to cross train to C# and get them to report on PC-Talk as a training company first hand before you part with any money.

Here’s what you need to know:-

• The evening starts at 6:30pm with a short introduction and ends at 9:00pm with a break half way through the evening.
• The evening will include C#/.NET exercises. If you wish to join in with these exercises you will need to bring your own laptop with the following software already installed:-
  • Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition (a free download from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/express/aa975050.aspx). You should also download and install the Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition SP1 on the same page and, if you are using Vista, the Visual Studio SP1 Update For Windows Vista also on the same page.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (a free download from the same page as above).

Here is an outline of the subjects that will be covered during the evening:-

 1. Getting started with .Net 2.0
What is .Net?
Overview of the framework class libraries
Understanding the Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Compiling an application to a assembly
A tour of the Visual Studio IDE
 
2. Data Access
ADO.NET architecture
Creating Windows-based applications that use ADO.NET
Connecting to a database
Creating a query
Using a DataSet object to manage data
Binding a DataGrid object to a data source
Insert, update, and delete a database record

3. Getting Started with C#
The history of the language
The language goals
How C# fits works with .Net

4. C# Language Fundamentals
Data Types
Variables
Constants
Strings
Statements
Expressions

5. Branching
Conditional branching statements
Unconditional branching statements
Loops

Remember if you want to come send an email quick. If you know of a colleague who wants to get started in C#/.NET send them this email, get them to register as a member of The .NET Developer Network (http://www.dotnetdevnet.com) and tell them to send an email quick.