Before attending this course, students must have working knowledge of an object-oriented programming language (C++ preferred); familiarity with object-oriented design principles – or – completed course 2124 or have equivalent knowledge in the above topics.

After completing this course, students will be able to develop applications using the C# 3.0 language in the .NET Framework 3.5; use generic types and implement generic algorithms to improve application performance and reliability; apply object-oriented architecture and design principles to .NET applications written in C#, and combine them with functional programming fundamentals; use attributes and reflection for metadata-driven or aspect-oriented software development; employ Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax and classes to declaratively implement data-driven applications; deploy, version, configure and register .NET assemblies and applications.