This document provides an introduction and background for Shahed Chowdhury, a Microsoft technical evangelist. It outlines his experience developing games for Xbox and Windows platforms since 1997. It also lists topics he covers in teaching beginners programming fundamentals in C#, including variables, operators, loops, classes, methods, files and exceptions.

1. For Beginners
WakeUpAndCode.com
@shahedC

2. Introduction
> Variables, Operators & Loops
> Classes & Methods
> Files & Exceptions
Additional Topics

3. Period Background/Experience
1997 –
present
Microsoft web/software development
2011 XNA games on XBLIG for Xbox 360
• 2D Math Panic
• Angry Zombie Ninja Cats
2012 Tools for XNA developers
• XBLIG Sales Data Analyzer (OnekSoftLabs.com)
• XNA Basic Starter Kit (CodePlex)
Online: http://facebook.com/OnekSoftGames

4. Period Background/Experience
2013 • Ninja Cat Runner on Win8, WP8, Web (Construct 2)
• Video Q&A with MS Tech Evangelist Frank La Vigne
• Founder/Admin of FB groups: Construct2, Xbox One & Unity Indie Devs
• Started Public Speaking in DC area and East Coast
2014 • Public Speaking on Indie Game Development
• Joined Microsoft as a Sr. Technical Evangelist
• Gallant Glider on Win8, WP8, Web (Construct 2  Universal App)
Video Q&A: http://youtu.be/lRjrQPvVOpo MVA: http://aka.ms/DevGames-Const2

5. Source: Official Xbox Magazine, March 2014, Page 65
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7. http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads

8. References
Properties
Panel
Code Editor
Toolbar
Solution
Explorer
Ouput
Start (Run)

10. http://www.dotnetspark.com/tutorialpic/clr.png

11. Start/Continue

13. using statements
Method ( ) class
Variables
Data Types
• Integer
• String
• var?
Assignment
Output
namespace
// 1-line comment
/* multi-line
comments */

15. Type Operators
Unary Postfix Operators ++ --
Unary Prefix Operators ++ -- + -
Multiplicative Operators * / % (modulus)
Additive Operators + -
Assignment Operators =
lower higher

16. Type Operators
Equality == !=
Logical AND &
Logical XOR ^
Conditional AND &&
Conditional OR ||
Conditional Ternary Operator ?:

18. Declare
& Assign
StringBuilder
Special Characters
Literal Concatenate
string.Format()
Char Array
String
Functions

20. for loop
while loop
continue
break
switch-case statements
default break
if/else
blocks

23. 1
3 2

24. Instance
variable
properties
constructors
public method
private
methods
(overloaded)
class declaration
this keyword

25. parent class
complex
object
public
method
private variable

28. 1
3 2

29. 1
2
3

30. Set to
enter sample data “Copy always”

31. Use System.IO
namespace for
StreamReader
Handle possible
exceptions with
try-catch block

35. http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/
c-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/
developer-training-with-programming-in-c

36. Email: shchowd@microsoft.com  Twitter: @shahedC