Introduction to C#

• - C# overview, history, and setup
• - First program and use cases

## 2. C# Basics

• - Syntax, variables, types, operators
• - Input/output, code style

## 3. Control Flow

• - Conditionals, loops, pattern matching
• - Control flow best practices

## 4. Methods and Functions

• - Defining/calling methods, parameters
• - Overloading, recursion, local/anonymous methods

## 5. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• - Classes, objects, fields, properties
• - Inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, composition
• - Design patterns (intro), OOP best practices

## 6. Advanced OOP Concepts

• - Abstract/sealed/partial classes
• - Extension methods, generics (constraints, covariance, contravariance)
• - Delegates, events, lambdas, expression trees

## 7. Collections and Data Structures

• - Arrays, lists, dictionaries, queues, stacks
• - LINQ, custom/advanced collections, thread safety

## 8. Exception Handling

• - Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions
• - Exception filters, best practices

## 9. File I/O and Serialization

• - File/stream operations, serialization (JSON, XML)
• - Async file I/O, best practices

## 10. Regular Expressions (Regex)

• - Regex syntax, use cases, advanced features
• - Using regex in C#, performance

## 11. Asynchronous Programming

• - async/await, tasks, parallelism
• - TAP, ValueTask, async streams, best practices

## 12. Windows Forms and WPF (Optional)

• - Desktop UI basics, controls, data binding
• - MVVM, custom controls, async UI

## 13. Working with Databases

• - ADO.NET, Entity Framework, CRUD
• - Modern vs. legacy data access, advanced queries
• - Best practices, configuration

## 14. Web Development with ASP.NET

• - ASP.NET Core, MVC, REST APIs
• - Middleware, DI, authentication, validation
• - Web API best practices

## 15. Testing and Debugging

• - Unit testing, debugging, logging
• - Mocking, TDD, code coverage, advanced tools

## 16. Deployment and Best Practices

• - Build/publish, version control, CI/CD
• - Cloud/container deployment, security, monitoring

## 17. Advanced Topics

• - Reflection, dependency injection, design patterns
• - Interoperability, source generators, performance
• - Security, advanced language features

## 18. Capstone Project

• - Real-world project planning, implementation, testing, deployment, documentation