Post MSDN Tech Talk: Introduction to Language Integrated Query

Okay, I didn't have any slides today, and I redirected people to this blog this morning. So allow me to summarize the main points that I discussed. I also have some links to external resources where you can get more information on LINQ. This is actually a repost from my previous entry .

  • Automatic Properties, Object Initializers, and Collection Initializers *
  • Extension Methods
  • Lambda Expressions
  • Query Syntax
  • Anonymous Types *
  • * Compiler tricks that you can make use of even if your target framework is .NET 2.0 thanks to multi-targeting feature of Visual Studio 2008

    LINQ
    The LINQ Project -  MSDN Portal where you can find all the information to find out more about LINQ (yes there is a LOT of content ;) )
    IQueryable vs IEnumerable 

    LINQ to SQL
    LINQ to SQL This channel 9 video should be give you an overview of what LINQ to SQL is
    Scott Gu's entries on LINQ to SQL 

    VB 9.0 + VB XML support
    Overview of VB 9.0
    Erik Meijer Shows Us His Favorite Visual Basic 9.0 Feature - XML Literals

    C# 3.0
    C# Version 3.0 Specification

     

    I'm sure this will be enough to get you guys started. Will be posting more stuff on the new technologies soon :)

    Published Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:25 PM by jocelyn