Learn to create practical desktop applications using C# and Windows Forms. This course teaches you how to design user interfaces, handle user input, manage files, and build modular, event-driven programs. Ideal for learners who want to move beyond the basics and start building interactive Windows applications.
🗓️ Course Schedule: Windows Forms Programming with C#
Duration: 5 Days
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daily
Format: Instructor-led • Hands-on Labs • Code Walkthroughs
🔹 Day 1: Building the Interface & Handling Events
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Introduction to Windows Forms projects in Visual Studio
- Drawing user interface controls: buttons, labels, textboxes
- Setting control properties (colors, fonts, layout)
- Aligning and anchoring UI elements for responsive design
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- Handling events in Windows Forms
- Understanding common event types (
Click,TextChanged,Load) - Writing readable code: comments, regions, and logical layout
- Lab: Build a basic input form and handle events
🔹 Day 2: Mastering Variables & Decision Logic
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Review of C# variables and data types in a UI context
- Best practices for variable naming and scope
- Using constants and enumerations in WinForms apps
- Organising app state using enums
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- Conditional logic in action:
if/else,else if, andswitch - Practical UI-driven examples for branching logic
- Lab: Build a quiz form using enumerations and conditional statements
🔹 Day 3: Functions, Arrays & Loops
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Creating modular code with custom methods
- Passing arguments and returning values
- Reusing logic for cleaner, maintainable apps
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- Working with arrays and string splitting
- Looping constructs:
for,while,foreach - Lab: Build a simple text parser with string arrays and loops
🔹 Day 4: File I/O and Debugging Techniques
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Reading from and writing to text files with
StreamReaderandStreamWriter - Understanding file paths and environment folders
- Working with
FileInfoandDirectoryInfofor file inspection
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- Error handling with
try,catch, andfinally - Using breakpoints and the Visual Studio debugger
- Lab: Create a form that saves and loads text from files with error checking
🔹 Day 5: Data Structures, Properties & Final Project
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Introduction to
List<T>: adding, searching, removing data - Real-world examples of list-driven UI (e.g., list of contacts or items)
- Creating and using properties (
get,set)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- Final Project: Basic Contact Book
→ Build a contact manager with add, edit, and save functionality
→ Use a list to store contacts and save to a file
→ Apply all core skills: events, lists, properties, file I/O, and debugging
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- How to build interactive Windows Forms applications
- Best practices for writing clean, modular C# code
- File handling, error trapping, and debugging
- Real-world project experience to boost confidence and capability