Microsoft® .NET is an advance in programming technology that greatly simplifies application development, both for traditional, proprietary applications and for the emerging paradigm of Web-based services. .NET is a complete restructuring of Microsoft's entire system infrastructure and represents a major learning challenge for programmers developing applications on Microsoft platforms. This two-day course is designed for the experienced programmer to help you quickly come up to speed on the C#® language. It is current to Visual Studio® 2005 and .NET 2.0, which introduces important new features, such as generic types. The new features are covered throughout the course in the context of where they are applicable. This course concisely covers the essentials of programming using Microsoft's new C# programming language. It starts with a brief chapter, '.NET: What You Need to Know,' which gets you up and running in the .NET environment with a minimum of fuss. The next two chapters cover C# language essentials and object-oriented programming in C#. The next chapter discusses how C# relates to the .NET Framework. The following chapter covers delegates and events. The course concludes with a succinct introduction to creating GUI programs using Windows Forms. An appendix provides a tutorial on Visual Studio 2005, including the freely downloadable Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.