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Additional LINQ resources

Zain, over at Second Life, just posted some of his "fundamental" LINQ learning resources:
http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/archive/2008/03/29/collection-of-linq-resources.aspx

While you're over there take a look at his Visual Studio 2008 / Framework 3.5 Learning Resources page:
http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/pages/visual-studio-2008-framework-3-5-learning-resources-page.aspx

I'm going to be posting LINQ resources from time to time.
Working with LINQ is something I'm really enjoying. (Honest)

If you'd like to pickup a study book I highly recommend LINQ in Action:
http://www.amazon.com/LINQ-Action-Fabrice-Marguerie/dp/1933988169/

LINQ is indeed a technology for Business use but it's also a great tool for hobbyists.
Take for example all the gaming sites on-line...
Many of those sites have public features they'd like to disconnect from their Database server.
LINQ is also great for that...Allow your users to vent in a Shoutbox but dump the comments into a disconnected XML file.

By the way...You've seen these free Videos, right?
http://asp.net/learn/linq-videos/

  Salute,
    Mark Wisecarver
    Microsoft Technical Evangelist for http://discountasp.net

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Anders Hejlsberg and more

Have you been following my friend Charlie Calvert over the years?
He's known Anders for a very long time, on several campuses.
Both of these gentlemen amaze me; they have for years.

Well, Charlie just posted something I did not expect.
Some of you may really enjoy this...
Anders Hejlsberg Film Festival:
http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2008/03/28/anders-hejlsberg-film-festival-the-c-and-other-vsl-teams-at-the-movies.aspx

In other news...
Have you been keeping an eye on Microsoft's IE team?
Playing with IE8 yet?
I love it on Vista, for the ASP.NET developer features, even in "Emulate IE7" mode.
Vikram has just posted a very interesting article about the IE8 Developer features and Translation Activities:
http://blogs.msdn.com/translation/archive/2008/03/28/ie8-translation-activity.aspx

  Salute,
    Mark Wisecarver
    Microsoft Technical Evangelist for http://discountasp.net

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Big LINQ attack

No, not that kind of attack...
But I have to admit "attack" has its own special meaning on the Internet.

Today I'm back at blogging here.
Yes I did step away for a bit...
No excuses but I've been recovering from damage I took to both hands.

So, what better topics for my return than LINQ or Silverlight?

OK, LINQ it is...
But first I'd like to point out a few of my (current) favorite sites:

Silverlight: http://silverlight.net/
Expression Community: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
ASP.NET Community Blogs: http://weblogs.asp.net/communityblogs/default.aspx
XNA Creators Club: http://creators.xna.com/whatsnew.aspx
(Games on Zune? Oh man!)

And now the LINQ attack:

dnrTV: http://dnrtv.com/archives.aspx

Good ol' Charlie Calvert: http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2008/02/28/link-to-everything-a-list-of-linq-providers.aspx

MSDN wiki site dedicated to LINQ, it has over 125 pages of reference material.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397948.aspx

Three 5 Minute Overviews that you might find useful when starting your LINQ journey -

LINQ to Objects - 5 Minute Overview - http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQtoObjects5MinuteOverview.ashx

LINQ to SQL - 5 Minute Overview - http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQtoSQL5MinuteOverview.ashx

LINQ to XML - 5 Minute Overview - http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQtoXML5MinuteOverview.ashx

MSDN Linq Code Gallery
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=LINQ

 Salute,
   Mark
   Microsoft Technical Evangelist for http://discountasp.net

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