C#PlayersGuide5e

A Walkthrough of the Challenges from The C# Player's Guide, Fifth Edition by RB Whitaker.

Challenges:

Level 1: Intro to .Net - n/a

Level 2: Intro to Visual Studio - n/a

Level 3: Compiling "Hello World"

1. Consolas and Telim (p26): Basic I/O

Level 4: Comments

1. The Thing Namer 3000 (p31): Comments and code cleanup

Level 5: Basic variable usage - n/a

Level 6: C# Types - substitute project (convert string -> int)

1. Clay's Converter (no page#): Convert string->int with multiple methods

Level 7: Math

1. The Triangle Farmer (p53): calculate area of triangle
2. The Four Sisters and the Duckbear (p56): Using modulo operator
3. The Dominion of Kings (p57): Multiple inputs

Level 8: Console Input (Advanced)

1. Defense of Consolas (p68): Text game to surround Blimp attacking city

Level 9: Conditionals

1. Repairing the Clocktower (p75): "Tick/Tock" on even/odd numbers.
2. Watchtower (p78): Calculate coordinates for (x,y) from 3x3 grid.

Level 10: Switches

1. Buying Inventory (p82): Use Switch to display Inventory prices
2. Discounted Inventory (p83): Ask user their name and apply 50% discount if name==user

Level 11: Loops

1. The Prototype (p88): Hi-Lo game
2. The Magic Cannon (p89): Fizz-Buzz

Level 12: Arrays

1. The Replicator of D'To (p94): Array Copy program
2. The Laws of Freach (p95): Rewrite Min() and Average() to use foreach

Level 13: Methods

1. Taking a Number (p106): Helper methods with arguments
2. Countdown (p107): Countdown from 10 to 1 using recursion instead of iteration

Level 14: How Memory Works

1. Manticore Challenge (p124-125 & 249 "The Robot Pilot"): Fight the Manticore game incorporating later challenge ("The Robot Pilot") on p249 that asks us to use a random number generator to set the Manticore's starting position.

Level 15: Object Oriented Theory - n/a

Level 16: Enums

1. Simula's Test (p135): Simulate a locked/unlocked/open/closed treasure chest.

Level 17: Tuples

1. Simula's Soup (p143): Use three (3) enums to construct a tuple.

Lessons Learned for dotnet cli

1. dotnet new console -n <new projct name> - create new project
2. dotnet sln list - list all projects
3. dotnet run - runs project in current directory
4. dotnet run --project <project name> (e.g. helloWorld) - run specific project
5. dotnet sln add <new_project.csproj - add new project to solution (e.g. dotnet sln add .\Lvl10_Switches\Lvl10_Switches.csproj) from main Solution Directory

Lessons learned Syncronizing code in Git

1. If I make a new project is VSCode and push it to Github, I must still add it as a new (existing) project in Visual Studio using Add -> Existing Project... in Solution Explorer.