Sams Teach Yourself Visual C#® 2010 in 24 Hours

Hour 3. Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

• Object- and Component-Oriented Programming

• Classes in C#

• Scope and Accessibility

• Methods and Properties

• Nested and Partial Classes

• Static Classes and Data

• Object Initializers

A class is the fundamental programming concept in C#, defining both representation and behavior in a single unit. Classes provide the language support required for object-oriented and component-oriented programming and are the primary mechanism you use to create user-defined types. Traditionally, object-oriented programming languages have used the term “type” to refer to behavior, whereas value-oriented programming languages have used it to refer to data representation. ...