Course Overview
  • What's Covered
Getting the Tools
  • Check System Requirements
  • Find, Download and Install Visual Studio Community 2017
Learning the Fundamentals
  • Create and Run Your First Graphical Program
  • Add a Label and Write Code to Display a Message
  • Create and Use a Variable to Represent a Changing Quantity
  • Using Different Data Types to Describe Objects
  • Read String Input and Produce String Output
  • Apply a Method to String Input
  • Using Numerical Variables in Practical Calculations
  • Read Numerical Input and Produce Output
  • Project on Representing Unchanging Quantities with Constants
  • Write More Streamlined Code with Method Chaining
  • Write More Compact Code with Method Nesting
  • Understand Variable Scope
  • Examine the Files in a Project
Operators
  • Grow a Variable Value by 1
  • Decrease a Variable Value by 1
  • Represent Addition and Subtraction with Compound Operators
  • Represent Multiplication and Division with Compound Operators
  • Use % as the Remainder Operator
  • Understand the difference between = and +=
  • Make Logical Comparisons
  • Use the "and" Operator to Check Two Conditions
  • Use the Logical "or" Operator to Check Two Conditions
Control Program Flow
  • Use If/Else with Strings
  • Use If/Else with Numerical Values
  • Make a Decision With a Method Call
  • Make a Decision With a Checkbox
  • Make Choices with the Ternary Operator
  • Examine Multiple Variable Values with Switch Blocks
  • Use Multiple If Blocks
  • Use If/Else Blocks with the Logical "and" Operator
  • Use Multiple "or" Operators With If/Else Blocks
  • Next Possible Steps