LINQ Resources

LINQ:

Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) is a groundbreaking innovation in Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework version 3.5 that bridges the gap between the world of objects and the world of data.

Traditionally, queries against data are expressed as simple strings without type checking at compile time or IntelliSense support. Furthermore, you have to learn a different query language for each type of data source: SQL databases, XML documents, various Web services, and so on. LINQ makes a query a first-class language construct in C# and Visual Basic. You write queries against strongly typed collections of objects by using language keywords and familiar operators. The following illustration shows a partially-completed LINQ query against a SQL Server database in C# with full type checking and IntelliSense support.

LINQ Resources :

1. http://linqdev.com/PublicPortal/ (Check for very good video Tutorial )
2. http://www.hookedonlinq.com/MainPage.ashx ( Developers’ Wiki for .NET Language Integrated Query )
3. http://www.theserverside.net/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=CsharpLINQLearningGuide2007 ( C# 3.0/LINQ Learning  Guide )
4. http://linqinaction.net/ – Learn about LINQ, LINQ to SQL (DLINQ) and LINQ to XML (XLINQ)
5. http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2007/02/linq-resources.html
6. http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/attachment/8343938.ashx (Programs and Tutorials)
7. http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/pages/visual-studio-2008-framework-3-5-learning-resources-page.aspx
8. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71829 (The Linq Project)
9. http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=123&siteid=1 (LINQ forum)
10. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb308961.aspx (linq Whitepapers)
11. http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2007/05/09/9317.aspx (LINQ Videos)
12. http://cid-1f72da7294089597.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/LINQ (LINQ files to download)
13. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/31/linq-to-sql-debug-visualizer.aspx ( LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer  )
14. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb466226.aspx#linq (How do I videos)
15. http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2008/11/23/linq-reference-documentation.aspx ( LINQ Reference Documentation )
16. http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/third-party-linq-providers.html ( Third-Party LINQ Providers )
17. http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/linq.html (Resources by ZDNet)
18. http://www.linqhelp.com/ ( good help site )
19. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336746.aspx (101 LINQ Samples)
20. http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2007/10/02/ResourcesForLINQTalkAtSanDiegoNET.aspx (Julie Lerman Resources for LINQ talk at San Diego .NET )

ScottGu’s Blog

Part 1: Introduction to LINQ to SQL

Part 2: Defining our Data Model Classes

Part 3: Querying our Database

Part 4: Updating our Database

Part 5: Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control

Part 6: Retrieving Data Using Stored Procedures

Part 7: Updating our Database using Stored Procedures

Part 8: Executing Custom SQL Expressions

LINQ to SQL (Part 9 – Using a Custom LINQ Expression with the <asp:LinqDatasource> control)

Step by Step…
Introducing LINQ – Part 1
Introducing LINQ – Part 2
Introducing LINQ – Part 3
Introducing LINQ – Part 4
Introducing LINQ – Part 5

Happy Coding  !!!

Oxite: Microsoft’s new Blogging and CMS Platform

Amit Agarwal has written a post on Oxite, an open source CMS (Content Management System) that can power anything from small blogs to big web sites.

Microsoft Oxite offers almost everything you need in a good blogging platform – anonymous or authenticated commenting, comment moderation, gravatar support, RSS feeds, pingbacks, trackbacks, SEO optimized clean URLs, multiple blogs, group blogging and support for custom pages.

For more information, click on the link below:

Oxite: Microsoft’s new Blogging and CMS Platform from Digital Inspiration

SSRS Resources

To be successful in today’s competitive marketplace, organizations must extend information beyond the walls of their organization and seamlessly interact with customers, partners, and suppliers in real time. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services enables organizations to transform valuable enterprise data into shared information for insightful, timely decisions at a lower total cost of ownership.

SSRS Resources:

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/archive/2008/07/23/60656.aspx

http://prologika.com/CS/blogs/blog/archive/2008/07/21/a-must-read-reporting-services-blog.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms160954(SQL.90).aspx

http://www.codeplex.com/SqlServerSamples/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4000

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170246(SQL.90).aspx

http://aspalliance.com/sql-reporting/

http://rtipton.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/sql-server-reporting-services-resources/#comment-855

http://blogs.msdn.com/bobmeyers/

Best learning resource:

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/reporting-services/beginning-sql-server-reporting-services-part-4/

A Must-Read Reporting Services Blog :

http://prologika.com/CS/blogs/blog/archive/2008/07/21/a-must-read-reporting-services-blog.aspx

Talking about How to Develop Writer Plug-ins

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the readers of my blog.

I would try my best to include advanced topics and interesting topics this year. Lets start with a post from Microsoft on developing plug-ins for Microsoft Live Writer. I use Live writer for all my blog posts and being a developer, I would like to develop a plug-in.

Lets start…

Talking about How to Develop Writer Plug-ins
Catherine Heller (Channel 9) interviews Charles Teague (our Dev Lead) on Windows Live Writer.

Charles discusses the Windows Live Writer SDK which includes a managed API for extending Live Writer. He demonstrates the Polaroid Picture Plug-in and also shows how to build a “Hello World” plug-in in Visual Studio.

Charles Teague: Building Windows Live Writer Plug-ins