Advanced C# with .NET

1. Introduction to Desktop Development with .NET

In this section, we will learn what MAUI is, and how to set up a .NET MAUI application. We will also look at the structure of an MAUI application, and in the end, we will learn how to add some basic elements to our UI. This section will prepare us for the rest of the course where we will be working with more practical concepts.

What is .NET MAUI?

Setting up a MAUI Project

Understanding the Structure of a MAUI Project

Understanding XAML and Adding Elements

Task - Adding Elements in a MAUI Application

2. Interactive GUI

In this section we will learn about delegates, events and data binding. Using this knowledge we will learn how to make interesting interactive GUI applications.

Delegates

Task - Defining Delegates

Events

Task - Binding Event Handlers to Events

Custom Events

Task - Creating a Custom Event

Data Binding

Task - Practicing Data Binding

3. Threading

In this section, we will learn what Threading is and how to use it to keep our applications responsive, and run smoothly while performing resource intensive tasks. We will see how to differs from other similar concepts on C# and what are good practices when implementing Threading in our application. There will also be some interesting tasks to help us in understand this concept on a deeper level.

What is Threading?

Creating and Using Threads

Task - Preventing Program Freezes Using Threading

Asynchronous Programming vs Threading

The lock Statement

4. Generics & Reflection

In this section, we will learn how to make more robust methods, classes and other objects which can work multiple types of input data types, by first learning about Generics and how to implement generic classes, then we will move on to Reflection and how to use reflection for further improving the capabilities of our programs.

What are Generics?

Implementing Generic Methods

Task - Implementing a Generic Method

Implementing Generic Classes

Task - Implementing a Generic Class

Introduction to Reflection

Basic Reflection

Task - Reflection

What's Next?

Course Content

Advanced C# with .NET

Implementing Generic Classes

The basic syntax for implementing a Generic class is as follows:

Here T1, T2, .. represent the type parameters.

We can create a new instance of a generic class using any of the following syntax:

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ClassName<T1, T2, ..> varName = new ClassName<T1, T2, ..>(args, ..);
ClassName<T1, T2, ..> varName = new ClassName<>(args, ..);
ClassName<T1, T2, ..> varName = new ClassName(args, ..);
var varName = new ClassName<T1, T2, ..>(args, ..);

We can use the type parameters anywhere inside the class body where a data type is applicable. For-example, we can use the type parameter(s) to:

Create class attributes or properties
Specify method argument types
Specify method return types

Everything was clear?

Section 4. Chapter 4