Course syllabus autumn 2023
Course syllabus autumn 2023
Title
Programming in C# and .NET for Non-Beginners
Swedish title
Programmering i C# och .NET för icke-nybörjare
Course code
DA259E
Credits
7.5 credits
Grading scale
UA / Excellent (A), Very Good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Pass (E) or Fail (U)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Faculty of Technology and Society
Syllabus approval date
2022-06-03
Syllabus valid from
2022-08-29
Entry requirements
A minimum of 30 credits in Computer Science related courses consisting of at least 15 credits Object-Oriented Programming.
Level
Basic level
No main field.
Progression level
G1F
Progression level in relation to degree requirements
Single subject, and elective course.
Course objectives
This course aims to help students with prior programming skills to design and implement more complex GUI-based, object-oriented and data-driven applications with the latest C# and .NET techniques.
Course contents
The course convers the following main topics:
• Main object-oriented programming concepts, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism using dynamic binding, abstract classes and interfaces
• Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Assemblies, versioning, application domain
• File handling and object serialization
• Generics, data structures and collections
• Delegates, events and event handlers
• Anonymous types, methods and Lambda Expressions
• Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Database programming with ADO.NET Entity Framework
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course, the student should be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
• advanced features of .NET programming using the C# language,
• multilayered architecture with good performance and usability
Skills and abilities
On completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate ability to:
• develop well-designed GUI applications using the advanced features of Windows Forms and WPF
• develop .NET applications utilizing the advanced features of C# such as generic data structures, delegates, events and lambda expressions.
Judgement and approach
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
• analyse and evaluate different solutions with respect to design and quality of the software.
• compare different solutions as to the overall architecture of an application as well as the choice of a suitable EF model.
Learning activities
The course consists of video lectures, programming exercises, mandatory quizzes and mandatory assignments.
Assessment
Requirements for Pass (A-E): Passed grade in Assignment Part 1 (4 credits), Part 2 (2 credits), and passed quizzes (1.5 credits).
The final course grade will be based on a weighted result of all individual assignments.
Course literature
- Price, Mark J. C# 10 and .NET 6 - Modern Cross-Platform Development, Sixths Edition, 9 November 2021
Alternative literature:
- Troelsen A, Japikse, P. Pro C# 10 with .NET 6:Foundational Principles and Practices in Programming, 2022.
Course evaluation
Higher education institutions shall enable students who are participating in or have completed a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation to be organized by the higher education institution. The higher education institution shall collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by the course evaluations. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).
Interim rules
In a case when a course is no longer given, or the contents have been changed essentially, the student has the right to be examined twice during a one year period, according to the course plan which was valid at the time of registration.
Additional information
This course is given in English. All educational materials will be in English.
The course can not be combined in a degree together with DA259A.