Contents tagged with LINQ
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TechDays France 2008 et mes sessions sur LINQ
From February 11 to 13 will take place the Microsoft TechDays France 2008. It will be the main Microsoft event of the year in France, with no less than 280 sessions.
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Randomizing LINQ to SQL queries
Yesterday, a developer asked in the LINQ in Action forum and in Microsoft's official LINQ forum how to write a LINQ to SQL query that would return random records from the database.
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Use the power of let in your LINQ queries
Often, when you try to find out how to write the correct LINQ query you need, you end up being confused because it becomes too complex. In such situations, you should remember that the let clause is here to help you.
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LINQ in Action forum
Did you know that a forum dedicated to LINQ in Action is available? It was already available from the book's web page at Manning, but we've just added a link to it in the top menu of this site so it can be found more easily. You can use this forum for posting comments about the book and for discussing about LINQ with the authors (Steve, Jim, and I).
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ParallelFX CTP, Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework
As announced by Somasegar, the first preview of ParallelFX (Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework) is now available.
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LINQ in Action status update
All the chapters of LINQ in Action have been sent to the publisher after several waves of reviews. During the last days, we tested all the code samples with Visual Studio 2008 to ensure everything is up-to-date.
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Visual Studio 2008 now available
All you need to work with LINQ (Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5) is now finalized!
The final release of Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite is now available for download for MSDN subscribers. Hopefully, all editions of VS 2008 will be released for everyone soon. -
LINQ in Action TechEd Europe coupon code
At the occasion of TechEd Europe in Barcelona, Manning is offering you to save 30% off the list price for LINQ in Action!
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Let's meet at TechEd Europe in Barcelona
This year, I'll be at TechEd Europe for the first time. It will be a good occasion to meet if you are there as well.
You'll be able to find me at the Ask The Experts (ATE) booths, where I'll probably be discussing about LINQ. -
C# 3.0 and VB.NET 9.0 language specifications
The language specifications for the upcoming versions of the C# and VB.NET languages have been published by Microsoft.
The Word document for C# 3.0 contains no less than 519 pages. Something to keep you busy for the week-end...
The equivalent document for VB.NET 9.0 contains only 338 pages, but it's only a pre-version of the specification. The author, Paul Vick, lists what's in and what's out in this post.