Week 1 : Introduction

Pre-requisites:

Installed .NET 6 SDK & Visual Studio Code on the machine.
Install C# support for VS Code from the Marketplace. You can install C# support for VS Code from within VS Code by searching for 'C#' in the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X). Alternatively you can install it from marketplace https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp

Lesson Plan:

1. Intro to .NET and C#

Introduction (History of .NET and .NET Framework)
Current state of the .NET
Languages
Tools used
C#

2. First program (console)

Creating hello world using console and VS Code
Anatomy of C# program
Methods
Coding styles/conventions
Debugging

3. Data types and variables

C# type system
Specifying types
Built in types
Custom types
Value types
Reference types

4. Controlling program flow

Branching with if/else statements
Looping with for, foreach, do and while
Switching (pattern matching?)
Throwing and catching exceptions