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Beginners Guide to C# Fundamentals Professional Certificate

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Microsoft

Beginners Guide to C# Fundamentals Professional Certificate

Beginner’s Guide to C# Fundamentals. Learn C# basics step-by-step and build skills for a career in software development.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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4 months to complete
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months to complete
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build clean, professional C# applications using modern coding standards.

  • Apply object-oriented programming with inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction.

  • Implement testing, debugging, exception handling, and asynchronous programming.

  • Develop GUI applications with Windows Forms and AI-assisted coding practices.

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January 2026

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What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: .NET Framework
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Application Development
Category: Development Environment
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Version Control
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Microsoft Development Tools
Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: Debugging
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Program Development

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Data Integrity
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Maintainability
Category: Software Design
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Programming Principles

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Development Tools

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: .NET Framework
Category: ASP.NET
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Software Testing
Category: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Application Development
Category: Postman API Platform
Category: Application Design
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Debugging
Category: Usability
Category: C# (Programming Language)

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