Teach yourself how to build applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio 2012—one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for mastering core C# language features and creating working applications and components for Windows.

Discover how to:

• Work with variables, non-reserved identifiers, statements, operators, and methods


• Use the new application models provided by Windows 8 and the Windows Runtime


• Create interfaces and define abstract classes


• Manage errors and exception handling


• Use collection classes


• Work with databases by using DataBinding with the Entity Framework


• Respond to user input and gestures; gather input from devices and other sources


• Handle events arising from multiple sources


• Develop your first Windows 8 apps