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Basic C# Clearly Explained (Udemy.com)

A Friendly Invitation To Real C#

4.4
835 reviews

Created by: T O

Last updated September 2020

Our take

Based on the ratings of 835 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2020. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a short introduction to C# from T O, who teaches with small console examples in Visual Studio. The syllabus shows 31 lectures in five sections and about 2.5 hours, with each video running only a few minutes. It covers printing output, variables, data types, method chaining and reading input. Reviewers are clear on the audience: people who have never programmed. Several say it is closer to an intro to programming than an intro to C#, which matches the course's own note that intermediate and advanced programmers should skip it.

Praise is steady. The course holds a 4.4 rating from 835 reviews, and 714 of those are four or five stars. Students like the line-by-line explanations and the analogies, and one reviewer says teachers who can actually teach programming are hard to find. Complaints are mild. Experienced people call it too basic, one reviewer wants exception handling, and another asks for a continuation. There are no quizzes or coding exercises, so practice is left to the learner. The last update was September 2020, and the setup asks for Visual Studio Community 2015.

With 3,390 students it is a small course, and it does one job: get a complete beginner to run a first console program. Treat it as a warm-up before a longer course, not a replacement for one. A newcomer who wants to see whether C# feels approachable can finish it in an evening. Anyone who needs error handling or more professional-level topics will have to look elsewhere afterward.

Best forComplete beginners who want a quick, low-pressure first look at variables and data types in C#.
Skip it ifYou have written code in any language before, or want exception handling and more professional-level programming.

Pros

  • Short at about 2.5 hours across 31 lectures, easy to finish in a few sittings
  • Line-by-line code explanations with analogies, which reviewers single out
  • Examples stay small and focus on one or two concepts at a time
  • Makes int, bool and the flow of variables clear for people new to coding

Cons

  • No quizzes or coding exercises, so there is little built-in hands-on practice
  • Too basic for anyone with prior coding, and it skips topics like exception handling
  • Last updated in 2020 and built around Visual Studio Community 2015
Actually taught and used concepts and analogies, along with very clear and detailed explanations of line by line code.
Mark Hoff, a student

Truly first-time programmers. The audience list says intermediate and advanced coders should not take it.

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What you will learn

  • Understand the basics of creating and running a simple console program
  • Understand how to print output to a console window
  • Create variables and set their values
  • Create variables and change their values and print them again
  • Describe an object with different data types
  • Understand how to use tool tips to understand code better
  • Use method chaining to write less
  • Use method nesting to write less code
  • Please look at the curriculum to see the rest of the topics covered

Course content

5 sections · 31 lectures · 2.5 hours of video

  1. 1Why Choose C# and Visual Studio Community 2 free previews3 lectures · 5 min
  2. 2Learning The Fundamentals of Programming In C# 1 free preview13 lectures · 1.1 hours
  3. 3Doing Slightly More Sophisticated C#9 lectures · 49 min
  4. 4Collecting And Operating On Input5 lectures · 29 min
  5. 5Conclusion1 lecture · 1 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Beginners should take this course
  • Intermediate programmers should not take this course
  • Advanced programmers should not take this course

What you need before you start

  • Student should be able to download and install Visual Studio Community 2015

How it compares

Against the other 194 rated Udemy courses in C# on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 38% of them
  • Reviews835#77 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length2.5 hoursshorter than 82% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2020earlier than 60% of them

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

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Course Description

Dear Visitor,


C#, pronounced as C-sharp, is a powerful programming language from Microsoft. This course is only three hours long, with an average video length of about six minutes. The lessons are a combination of videos and presentations. Please be sure to look under "view resources" to find the code and the presentations. The code examples are simple and focus on only one or two concepts at a time to ensure you fully grasp the material presented. Since the concepts presented are of a fundamental nature, they apply to some extent also to languages like Java. The videos also including zooming, which means the key points are further emphasized to be sure you truly understand. C# has been and remains one of the most popular, and most powerful programming languages to learn. Let's get coding!

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Instructor Details

T O

    T O

  • 4.4 Rating
  • 835 Reviews

I love computers , math and programming.

I teach because it gives me great joy to understand things deeply and to share that knowledge with others.


My education: 

1. Master's degree in Statistical Computing

2. BA in mathematics


3. Professional development certificates from Microsoft in each area below: 

     1. Deep learning with Python

     2. Introduction to Artificial intelligence

     3. Data science with Python

     4. Math for machine learning

     5. Data science research methods with Python 


4. Professional certificates from other schools: 

    1. Columbia university certificate in introduction to corporate finance

    2.  MIT certificate in introductory economics

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Reviews

4.4

835 ratings on Udemy

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By Arjun Beeranna Metre on 6/26/2024

it would be great if added concepts of exception handling. more towards professional programming.

By Mark Hoff on 7/14/2023

Actually taught and used concepts and analogies, along with very clear and detailed explanations of line by line code. Thank you! It is very difficult to find programming instructionals by people with teaching skills. Cheers.

By Devender Kumar on 4/13/2021

This course is too basic and it's for those who didn't have any programming experience. I am giving 3 star bcz it's good for a non programmer.

By Solomon Tesfamariam on 12/25/2018

The topics explained here have been explained clearly by the instructor, and that is great and really appreciated. However, the over all points explained here look like less than 10% of Basic C#. Students expect more points and details when we say Basic C#. So in summary, the instructor did good job for what he did. If he adds some more points to what he explained, the course will be a better course. Thank you. S.T

By Luis Eugenio Ramos on 11/12/2017

: Very nice course. It starts with very basic concepts. It is definitely a course for beginners with no previous knowledge on programming languages. One gets nice tips on the interface of Microsoft Visual Studio, which can be used with other programming languages as well.

By Lee Collins on 2/12/2017

Thank you so much for getting me started down the path of coding in C#. Your examples and explanations are clear-cut. I cant wait to have enough knowledge to build Real World applications. Thanks again!!

By Russ Cooper on 10/16/2016

Completed, Really learning alot - Very clearly steps and explains whats happening on screen by pointing and highlighting Also commenting each line. This is very helpful as you are not assuming that I know what you mean.

By J Wayne Scherffius on 4/14/2016

The concepts in C# are presented presented by the teacher methodically and carefully through repetition. The teacher's approach is so clear and easy to follow with just a dash of humor. I look forward to moving to the next class with this same teacher.

By Fred McMeans on 4/2/2016

too basic for me but may help others.

By AbusuaYedom Quarshie on 3/15/2016

Without a shadow of doubt this is the best intro to C# that there is on Udemy. I like it so much that I have already bought his other course on C#. I kick myself for not discovering it a lot earlier. The man knows how to teach. Well done, Tom.

By Hutse Pascal

Structuur is logisch

By Jim Hosterman

Excellent!

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  • Level: Beginner Beginner
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  • Lectures:31 in 5 sections
  • Students:3,390
  • Subtitles:1 language
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