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Insights and observations regarding LINQ
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In LINQ in Action, we discuss how to add the LINQ to SQL Query visualizer into the Visual Studio 2008 environment. This tool allows you to open a window during debug time to view the TSQL that is generated from the LINQ expression tree. It also allows Read More...
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When we wrote LINQ in Action, we took a bit of time to explain how the identity tracking system worked with LINQ to SQL to make sure that changed objects were retained when subsequent queries are requested from a data context. In a nutshell, when you Read More...
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At TechEd Developers 2008 in Orlando, I had the pleasure of competing in Speaker Idol. In that competition, we had the opportunity to present a topic in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, the topic I choose really needed 10 minutes to cover at the level of detail Read More...
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One of the strengths that LINQ to SQL has over the upcoming Entity Framework is its support for POCO, or Plain Old Class Objects. With LINQ to SQL, the framework doesn't require any particular base classes, interfaces or even reliance on the 3.5 framework Read More...
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If you're at Tech Ed Developer in Orlando, make sure to find me. If you miss me on the convention floor, I'll also be participating in Speaker Idol on Wednesday 6/4 at noon. In addition, I will be doing a book signing in the store at 1:00 on Thursday, Read More...
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It seems that everyone else is chiming in on Danny Simmons' recent comparisons of the Entity Framework with other similar technologies. There are several items I wanted to address from his observations. Regarding the EF vs. LINQ to SQL, he makes two basic Read More...
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On page 216 of LINQ in Action , I made a comment that unmapped properties in a mapped class cannot be used in a LINQ to SQL projection. This was true with the beta bits, but only partially true with the release bits. To begin, let's consider the Author Read More...
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I had a blast on the Geek Speak today. If you missed it, they will have it available on demand from their blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak/ . You can even subscribe to the audio feed using your the Zune podcasting functionality from their rss feed Read More...
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Tomorrow, Wednesday 4/2/2008, I will be the guest speaker on the Geek Speak webcast. We will be discussing strategies for beginning to incorporate LINQ into your existing application infrastructure. In many cases, that does not mean replacing your entire Read More...
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I love it when projects take a life of their own. A while back, I posted my LINQ enabled Personal Web Starter Kit in VB and received several requests to provide a C# port. Thankfully, one brave soul stepped up and did the port for me. Thanks go to Stephen Read More...
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At long last, the process of doing my first book is coming to a close. I started this project last March. Through the process we had to revisit our work numerous times, including each time a new CTP or Beta drop came. For me, 10 months, and Fabrice 2 Read More...
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You may have seen me present it at a speaking engagement. You may have watched the podcasts . You may have even downloaded the sample application . Now you can see it in action. ThinqLinq.com is now live. The site was designed completely in VB with LINQ Read More...
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In addition to the items I mentioned in my previous Beta 2 - RTM breaking change list , I found a link on the VS 2008 samples page that a whitepaper has been issued on this. In addition, there is a whitepaper specific to breaking changes between VB 2005 Read More...
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Among the new cool features in Visual Studio 2008, one of the best may be the XML Literal support with VB 9 and LINQ. In my last post , I mentioned some changing features from the Beta to RTM. One that could easily be overlooked is a change to the way Read More...
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I've just updated the ThinqLinq proof of concept site for the Visual Studio 2008 release that came out today. If you're following the sample application, or are looking for a sample VB 9 implementation of LINQ in a web site, check out the download at Read More...
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