Showing posts with label DLINQ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DLINQ. Show all posts

Friday, August 31, 2007

Download LINQPad

Can't wait for C# 3.0 and LINQ? Well you don't have to! Dynamically query SQL databases today in LINQ: no more struggling with antiquated SQL. Download LINQPad and kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio: LINQPad supports LINQ to objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML—in fact, everything in C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. LINQPad is also a terrific learning tool for experimenting with this exciting new technology.

No installation required: LINQPad ships as a simple "click and run" self-updating 300KB executable. Instant LINQ!


Download it here: http://www.albahari.com/linqpad.html

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Lambda Expressions, LINQ, DLINQ And XLINQ Samples For Orcas

Microsoft has a bunch of samples on their sitethat show how Lambda Expressions, LINQ, DLINQ And XLINQ work in Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1

This is what is available right now
C# LINQ Samples and content for Beta 1
C# LINQ Samples and content for March CTP
VB LINQ Samples for Beta 1


If you install C# LINQ Samples and content for Beta 1 then you will see the following examples
Data
DynamicQuery
ExpressionTreeVisualizer
LinqToNorthwind
ObjectDumper
PasteXmlAsXLinq
Reflector
Rss
SampleQueries
SimpleLambdas
WinFormsDataBinding
XLinqIntro
XQuery

In addidion to the samples there are also these five whitepapers in the whitepapers folder.
LINQ to SQL Overview for CSharp Developers.doc
XLinq_Overview - Feb.doc
LINQ Project Overview.doc
CSharp 3.0 Specification.doc
Standard Query Operators.doc

This is all a must read if you want to get started with .NET 3.5

Here is the download link in case the URLs above changes: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/bb330936.aspx