What you should know

- [Instructor] This course is for programmers wanting to learn the fundamentals of the C# programming language. This assumes that you've learned those fundamentals in another language and you have basic understanding of programming terminology and techniques, such as declaring and using variables, working with various data types, working with code files, using arrays, loops, and flow control with if statements. If you can effectively explain what a variable is and how it works, as well as what a function is, then you should be fine. If you've worked with Java, you'll find a great many similarities to C#.

You'll also be right at home if you're coming from programming in any C based language like C, C++, Python, PHP, Swift, or JavaScript, but I want to stress that knowledge of C and C++ is not a requirement here. If you're brand new to programming and this is the very first language you're learning, you might want to start with one of our beginner courses, such as Programming Foundations: Fundamentals, and since C# is an object-oriented language, I recommend Foundations of Programming: Object-Oriented Design, and finally, Introduction to object-oriented languages, all authored by Simon Allardice.

In this course, I'll be using Visual Studio 2017 for Windows. There is a Mac version called Visual Studio for Mac, but that's not the same thing as Visual Studio for Windows. If you're working on a Mac, you might be able to follow some of the exercises, but I can't guarantee compatibility with what we do in the Windows edition. This is part two of a two part course. They are distinct from one another, but I do draw heavily upon the material that I've covered in part one, so I recommend watching that course, titled C# Essential Training Part One before watching this one.