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Since I'm posting this in advance, I hope my session titled Understanding LINQ was a huge hit and everyone loved it. I've been working on the content for a while and its tough whittling it down to fit inside the specified time slots; there's just so much cool stuff. I probably phat-fingered some keys once or twice, but hopefully I didn't start my sentences with "So...." too often or speak so fast that I made a whistling noise. I hope you enjoyed it. Here's what you need... Read More...

I'll be speaking at the InnoTech Conference in Portland, Oregon on April 16th and 17th. My session will get you started with LINQ , a new feature available in the Microsoft .Net v3.5 Framework. Language-Integrated Query is one of the most compelling features for your business in the Microsoft .Net 3.5 Framework. LINQ provides a succinct and expressive layer over your database tables, stored procedures, XML, and other objects. You’ll learn how to get started with LINQ and gain some visibility... Read More...

LINQ is an acronym for Language-Integrated Query and a new feature in v3.5 of the .Net Framework from Microsoft. This new version of Microsoft .Net reached RTM status a couple of weeks ago — this framework is chock full of brilliant things I can use to improve my efficiency and effectiveness on daily tasks here at Pop Art. As one of my favorite features, LINQ helps me write data-driven application even faster than what .Net 2.0 brought to the table. A common example starts with launching Visual Studio... Read More...