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    Copyright
    Dedication
    Advance Praise for Head First C#
    The Authors
    how to use this book: Intro
    Ch. 1. 1 get productive with c#: Visual Applications, in 10 minutes or less
    Ch. 2. it's all just code: Under the Hood
    Ch. 3. objects: get oriented!: Making Code Make Sense
    Ch. 4. Types And References: It's 10:00. Do you know where your data is?
    C# Lab: A Day at the Races
    Ch. 5. encapsulation: Keep your privates... private
    Ch. 6. inheritance: Your object's family tree
    Kathleen does birthday parties, too
    We need a BirthdayParty class
    One more thing... can you add a $100 fee for parties over 12?
    When your classes use inheritance, you only need to write your code once
    Build up your class model by starting general and getting more specific
    How would you design a zoo simulator?
    Use inheritance to avoid duplicate code in subclasses
    Different animals make different noises
    Think about how to group the animals
    Create the class hierarchy
    Every subclass extends its base class
    Use a colon to inherit from a base class
    We know that inheritance adds the base class fields, properties, and methods to the subclass...
    A subclass can override methods to change or replace methods it inherited
    Any place where you can use a base class, you can use one of its subclasses instead
    A subclass can access its base class using the base keyword
    When a base class has a constructor, your subclass needs one too
    Now you're ready to finish the job for Kathleen!
    Build a beehive management system
    First you'll build the basic system
    Use inheritance to extend the bee management system
    Ch. 7. interfaces and abstract classes: Making classes keep their promises
    Ch. 8. enums and collections: Storing lots of data
    C# Lab: The Quest
    Ch. 9. reading and writing files: Save the byte array, save the world
    Ch. 10. exception handling: Putting out fires gets old
    Ch. 11. events and delegates: What your code does when you're not looking
    Ch. 12. review and preview: Knowledge, power, and building cool stuff
    Ch. 13. controls and graphics: Make it pretty
    Ch. 14. CAPTAIN AMAZING: THE DEATH OF THE OBJECT
    Ch. 15. LINQ: Get control of your data
    C# Lab: Invaders
    leftovers: The top 5 things we wanted to include in this book
    Index
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    Chapter 6. inheritance: Your object's family tree

    Chapter 6. inheritance: Your object's family tree

    So there I was riding my bicycle object down dead man's curve when I realized it inherited from TwoWheeler and I forgot to add a Brakes() method...long story short, twenty-six stitches and Mom said I'm grounded for a month.

    Sometimes you DO want to be just like your parents.


      

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