LINQ - Language INtegrated Query for .NET 3.5

Fifth Meeting, Monday, September 15, 6:00 pm, at Compuware (new location) in Durham.

Welcome to LINQ!

Last month, we had a lot of fun with complex LINQ queries.

This month, we'll do one more "fun" query: adding a filter to the Data Context. We'll walk through a n-tier web application using LINQ queries. We'll run stored procedures using LINQ. Then we'll start on basic CRUD, with insert, update, and delete in a connected environment. If there's time, we'll start on concurrency handling, also in a connected environment.

Next month (October), we'll get into really fun stuff, since we've now been through LINQ-to-SQL performance, a solid overview of LINQ operators, n-tier design, and CRUD. Time to go for real-world issues! N-tier, CRUD, concurrency, all in disconnected environments including both a standard ASP.NET web app structure, and also WCF-based services.

Code is available here. Some samples use the "extended" Northwind database, available here (near the bottom of the page).