Learn C# Programming – Special Offer
If you’ve been following my C# programming projects on YouTube, maybe you’ve wondered if there is an easy way of learning to program C# from the ground up. The good news is, yes there is. I teach an in-depth C# programming course on Udemy. The not-quite-so-good news is that the full price of this course is $70. But here’s some better news. This month only I’m offering the course to my YouTube followers for just $16.99 (or the equivalent in your local currency).
C# is an incredibly important language for Windows programming. Using a free copy of Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE, my C# Course will take you from C# beginner to expert in a series of lessons complete with all sample projects, ready-to-run.
This is what you get…
117 video lessons
Over 7 hours of video
32 sample projects
10 quizzes
Over 100 pages of pdf documentation
Sign up now (deal ends in 30 days):
www.udemy.com/course/learn-c-sharp-programming-in-…
Best wishes
Huw Collingbourne
(Bitwise Courses instructor)
The Bitwise Courses channel has a new name - "Code With Huw".
That's because I am creating new tutorials with the emphasis on teaching you the art and science of coding. Whether you are a complete newcomer or an experienced programmer, I hope you'll find plenty to learn on the Code With Huw channel.
I am currently working on a completely new, free course that will eventually become one of the most thorough and complete guides to programming on YouTube (or elsewhere). It will take students from the absolute basics right through to advanced programming techniques.
If you are already a more advanced programmer, fear not, I'll have lessons for you too. I am planning some tutorials on low-level programming that should help you to understand how your code interacts with the computer hardware.
These lessons will take me some time to complete. Be sure to subscribe (and click the 'bell' icon) to receive emails to tell you when new lessons are published.
Best wishes
Huw
DELPHI Book Deal…
Amazon is running a special deal on the Kindle edition of my book, The Little Book Of Delphi (Programming In Object Pascal) today. The usual price is $11. But if you are quick you can get it today for just $0.99. This is a ‘countdown deal’ which means that the price will go up slowly over the next few days until the book is back to its regular price. The longer you wait, the more you have to pay.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0854D12GJ
What Is Delphi?
Delphi is an elegant and powerful Windows-based visual development system for the Object Pascal language. Originally developed by Borland, Delphi is now owned by Embarcadero software. You can get a free copy from their web site.:
www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-d…
My Background in Delphi
I’ve been programming in Delphi for over 25 years. Delphi was launched in 1995. I wrote the first review of Delphi for PC Plus Magazine. For more than ten years after that I wrote the monthly Delphi programming columns for the same magazine.
The Little Book Of Delphi covers:
Fundamentals of Delphi
The Object Pascal language
Object Orientation
Variables, Types, Constants
Operators and Tests
for loops and while loops
Procedures and Functions
Parameters and Arguments
Arrays and Lists
String Operations
Case Statements
User-defined Types
Constructors and Methods
Creating and Freeing Objects
Inheritance and Encapsulation
Virtual and Overridden Methods
File-handling
Text files and Binary files
Streaming and Serialization
Errors and Exceptions
...and much more
Best wishes
(and good programming)
Huw Collingbourne
C# Book Offer
If you are studying C# programming or thinking of doing so, you might be interested to know that Amazon is running a special deal on my Kindle-format eBook, The Little Book Of C# Programming, today. This is a so-called ‘countdown deal’ which means that the book is at its cheapest price now but will go up in price soon. Here are the links:
Amazon US: www.amazon.com/dp/B07VNYT6S7
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VNYT6S7
Best wishes
Huw Collingbourne
Delphi is 25! And Now I Have a Book…
I’ve been programming in Delphi for over 25 years. What? Can that really be true? It doesn’t seem that long but Delphi’s just had its 25th birthday so it really must be. It was launched in 1995 and I was using the pre-release beta some months before that. I wrote the review of Delphi for PC Plus Magazine and for more than ten years after that I wrote the monthly Delphi programming columns for the same magazine.
Delphi was the successor to Borland’s hugely successful DOS-based Turbo Pascal and its less successful Windows Pascal (even I can hardly remember that – I think it was called ‘Borland Pascal With Objects’ or something equally unmemorable). At the time, Delphi was, in my view, far the best visual (drag-and-drop, design-and-code) environment for Windows. Its only real competition was Microsoft’s Visual Basic. The trouble is that no matter how visual you make Basic, it’s still Basic. Whereas Delphi used a very nice version of Pascal that had a reasonably modular unit-based system, good Object Orientation and also had low-level features for anyone who might be missing C.
Anyway, Delphi is still going strong. It’s owned by Embarcadero these days and you can get a free copy from their web site. To celebrate Delphi’s 25th birthday, I’ve just released a book for new or intermediate Delphi programmers. It’s called The Little Book Of Delphi and it’s available in paperback or as a Kindle eBook from Amazon.
The Little Book Of Delphi covers:
Fundamentals of Delphi
The Object Pascal language
Object Orientation
Variables, Types, Constants
Operators and Tests
for loops and while loops
Procedures and Functions
Parameters and Arguments
Arrays and Lists
String Operations
Case Statements
User-defined Types
Constructors and Methods
Creating and Freeing Objects
Inheritance and Encapsulation
Virtual and Overridden Methods
File-handling
Text files and Binary files
Streaming and Serialization
Errors and Exceptions
...and much more
Here are the links:
Amazon (US)
Paperback: amzn.to/37ZJqHF
eBook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0854D12GJ
Amazon (UK)
Paperback: amzn.to/392AJxm
eBook: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0854D12GJ
Best wishes
(and good programming)
Huw Collingbourne
(Bitwise Courses Instructor)
Learn to Program Retro Text Adventures
If you want a fun programming project or if you need a gift for a programmer, you might be interested in my new book, The Little Book Of Adventure Game Programming.
Available in paperback or for Kindle, this provides a step-by-step guide to creating a retro-style ‘text adventure’ game in C#, which is one of the most important languages on Windows and is also available on macOS and Linux. The programming principles and techniques explained in the book can also be used to write adventure games in other languages such as Java, Ruby or Object Pascal. Short examples are provided in those languages.
This book explains...
How to write Interactive Fiction (IF) games
Creating class hierarchies
How to create a map of linked 'rooms'
Moving the player around the map
Adding treasures to rooms
How to take and drop treasures
Putting objects into containers (sacks, treasure chests etc.)
Using lists and dictionaries
Overridden methods
Overloaded methods
How to save and load games
Designing a game with a user interface
Designing a command-line game to run at the system prompt
...and much more
I am the author of the cult adventure game, The Golden Wombat Of Destiny, and in this books I explain all the techniques you need to write your own object-oriented adventure game.
As a bonus, there is also an interview with Dave Lebling, the legendary Infocom programmer behind classic games such as Zork and Enchanter.
You can buy the book from Amazon (US): amzn.to/33M6sQ4 Amazon (UK): amzn.to/2YtaBrj and worldwide.
Amazon is running a deal on my book, "The Little Book Of C#" for Kindle today. This normally costs $6.99 but today it's $1.22 or just 99p in the UK.
This is the eBook version of the $12.99 paperback which, in 152 pages, guides you every step of the way through learning C#.
Here are the links:
Amazon (US): www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Programming-Program-Beg…
Amazon (UK): www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Programming-Program-B…
If you want to buy the eBook at this special low price you'll need to be quick. The price goes up tomorrow.
Best wishes
Huw
Learn To Program!
Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced programmer, Code With Huw aims to bring you some of the best programming tutorials to help you extend your knowledge and expertise.
Huw Collingbourne is the author of a number of programming books on subjects ranging from C and C# to Object Pascal, Java and Ruby. He has also written books on programming topics ranging from pointers to recursion. He is an experienced online instructor who has taught tens of thousands of people to program (see: www.bitwisecourses.com).
To keep up to date with all our videos as they are published, be sure to subscribe to the Code With Huw channel.