This tutorial introduces database interaction in .NET, and more specifically the ADO.NET architecture and how to use it to work with databases.
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.NET Tutorials – 9 – Strings and Regex
(more…)Strings are a heavily used data type that is able to holding textual data. Even though a lot of developers may think of .NET’s
System.Stringdata type as a primitive, it is a reference type and Microsoft don’t class it as one. It does have its own C# keyword (string) which often leads the confusion. This article introduces strings in detail. -
.NET Tutorials – 8 – Collections
(more…)C# and the .NET platform have a plethora of collection classes for grouping a variable number of data items. With the advent of Generics in .NET 2.0, most of these collection classes are type-safe, meaning that the collections contain items of the same type or derived from the same type.
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.NET Tutorials – 7 – Interfaces
(more…)An interface is a contract that guarantees that a class or struct will conform to a particular specification. When a class inherits from an interface it subscribes to supporting the behaviours that it defines. Implementation classes must implement all aspects of an interface.
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.NET Tutorials – 6 – Error Handling
(more…)What are exceptions? In .NET terms, exceptions provide a mechanism for enabling the raising/reporting of errors that may occur during the execution of the software. This tutorial covers exceptions and exception handling in detail.
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.NET Tutorials – 5 – Inheritance
(more…)One of the most powerful concepts in object orientated programming (OOP) is inheritance. In this tutorial we discuss inheritance and polymorphism and the capabilities and benefits it offers.
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.NET Tutorials – 4 – Object Orientated Programming
(more…)This tutorial aims to introduce you to the concepts of object-orientated programming in .NET, and the benefits it offers over traditional procedural programming.
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.NET Tutorials – 3 – C# Programming Fundamentals
(more…)In this tutorial, we will look at the more fundamental aspects of the C# programming language. We will look at the type system in C#, specifically built in types such as int, bool etc. and we will look at how to create and use variables and constants, along with string, identifiers, expressions and statements.
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.NET Tutorials – 2 – .NET Essentials
(more…)This post aims to provide more detail about how the .NET Framework is compromised, to give you a better understanding on the best ways to program using it.
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.NET Tutorials – 1 – Introduction
(more…)What is .NET? The .NET Framework is a collection of programs and code libraries that provide a means to produce software applications. The Framework comprises of two main parts: a run-time engine to host the applications; and a software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to create the programs in the first place.