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Beginners Guide to C# Fundamentals Professional Certificate

Microsoft

Beginners Guide to C# Fundamentals Professional Certificate

Beginner’s Guide to C# Fundamentals.

Learn C# basics step-by-step and build skills for a career in software development.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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Beginner level

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4 months to complete
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months to complete
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build clean, professional C# applications using modern coding standards.

  • Apply object-oriented programming with inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction.

  • Implement testing, debugging, exception handling, and asynchronous programming.

  • Develop GUI applications with Windows Forms and AI-assisted coding practices.

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Professional Certificate - 4 course series

C# Programming Fundamentals and Development Environment

C# Programming Fundamentals and Development Environment

Course 1, 27 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Debugging
Category: Development Environment
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: .NET Framework
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Program Development
Category: UI Components
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Application Development
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Version Control
Category: Computational Logic
Category: Computer Programming Tools
Category: Microsoft Development Tools

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Object Oriented Design
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Code Reusability
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Maintainability
Category: System Design and Implementation
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Software Design
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Data Integrity
Category: AI Integrations
Category: Scalability
Professional C# Development Practices

Professional C# Development Practices

Course 3, 29 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Security Testing
Category: File Management
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Program Development
Category: File Systems
Category: Development Testing
GUI Development and AI-Enhanced Programming

GUI Development and AI-Enhanced Programming

Course 4, 29 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: AI Integrations
Category: Application Frameworks
Category: ASP.NET
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Software Testing
Category: Debugging
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Application Design
Category: Development Testing
Category: UI Components
Category: Postman API Platform
Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: File I/O
Category: .NET Framework
Category: Application Development
Category: Application Deployment
Category: API Testing
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

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