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Community Convergence XXVI

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:46:01 GMT

C# language chats, .NET Framework 3.5, Orcas Beta 1, Silverlight, Anders Hejlsberg talk on LINQ at MIX, the Visitor Pattern for Expression Trees and LINQ to Sharepoint.

Anders Hejlsberg at Mix

Fri, 04 May 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Anders came back from Mix reporting that attendees were excited about Silverlight, the light-weight, cross platform CLR that can be delivered in a browser. He gave a talk at the converence. You can see the video....

Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 Available

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:31:01 GMT

You can now download Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1. The LINQ samples for Beta 1 are also available for download.

Community Convergence XXII

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:16:01 GMT

The March CTP for Visual Studio, creating Art with LINQ, videos showing how to write LINQ to SQL, interviews with core members of the Microsoft C# team.

Visual Studio Feb/March CTP now available.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:31:01 GMT

The February CTP (aka as the March CTP) is now available for download as a regular install and as a virtual PC.

LINQ Farm: One to Many and Joins

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:16:01 GMT

This post is the latest in a series of posts on LINQ. It continues the exploration of LINQ to SQL by showing several intermediate level queries. LINQ to SQL provides developers with access to relational databases from inside a CSharp program. I'm going to show three different queries in this post. The first will demonstrate how to create a simple one-to-many, the second how to create a one-to-many that spans three tables, and the third will show how to create a simple join.

LINQ Farm: LINQ to SQL Beginners Video

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:31:01 GMT

This short video contains the basic information that you need to use LINQ to SQL to connect to a relational database using the Feb CTP or later pre-release versions of Visual Studio Orcas. After watching this video you should find it easy to create your own LINQ to SQL queries.

LINQ Farm Connecting to a Database with LINQ to SQL

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:31:01 GMT

In this post I will show connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express from C# using LINQ. You can use the May 2006 CTP to run the code shown in this post. The May CTP installs on top of Visual Studio 2005. At the time of this writing, the March 2007 Orcas CTP is not yet out, but once it is out, then you should use it, or later versions of Orcas, as the preferred means to run LINQ queries. The screen shots shown in this post are taken from both the May CTP and pre-release versions of Orcas. Except for a few minor details, LINQ will look much the same whether you use the May CTP or an early build of Orcas.

Anders Hejlsberg on LINQ and Functional Programming

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:31:01 GMT

In this video interview, Anders Hejlsberg, the chief architect of C#, describes features in the next release of C#, code named Orcas. Anders first describes how LINQ solves the impedance mismatch between the code that lives on a database server and the code we write with standard programming languages such as C# or VB. He then outlines the new capabilities that functional programming will bring to developers.

Installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and the May LINQ CTP

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:31:02 GMT

Now that Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is out I wanted to post a brief note about using it with May LINQ CTP. When reading this post, please note that this is not an official Microsoft advisory, but simply the result of my personal experience.

LINQ Farm: LINQ Sets

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:31:10 GMT

This is the sixth in a series of articles on LINQ. In this post the focus will be on the LINQ Set operators. Near the end of the post I include a short section on the importance of choosing the best operator for a particular task. Please see the links at the bottom of this post to retrieve the code.

Notes on the January CTP

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:16:41 GMT

The January CTP (formerly known as the December CTP) should be out shortly after the new year. We are sorry about the delay; it is due in part to the huge December 14 storm that knocked out the power for over a million residents here in the Seattle area.

LINQ Farm: Focus on Grouping

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:01:01 GMT

This is the fifth post in a series of articles on LINQ and query expressions. LINQ will be part of Visual Studio Orcas. It provides a simple means of querying data. This article focuses on grouping information from a query into related sets of data.

LINQ Query Operators

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:01:02 GMT

Understanding LINQ Query Operators, the third in a series of articles on LINQ.

More LINQ on Channel 9 & LINQ PDF from O'Reilly

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Links to some articles about LINQ

The LINQ Farm: Query Expressions

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:01:02 GMT

In this post I'm going to explain the query expression found in my previous blog entry on LINQ. My goal in this set of posts is to get first time users of LINQ up and running. Subsequent entries will continue to explore query expressions.

The LINQ Farm: LINQ for Beginners

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:01:02 GMT

This is the first in a series of posts on C# and LINQ. These posts will describe a natural, easy to understand technique for querying data. When using LINQ, simply declare the question you want to ask, and then sit back and wait while the computer analyzes your query and finds an optimal way to retrieve your answer.