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.NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold

Charles Petzold is a well known author of over fifteen programming books. To many, his books on programming Windows are the definitive books on the subject. As part of a new book on .NET programming, he wrote a chapter zero, to help bridge the gap between Windows developers and .NET developers. This chapter grew and grew until it became a book in its own right and he has now made it available as a free download.

Charles Petzold explained how this book originated : 

This book originated as a Chapter Zero in my book Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (Microsoft Press, 2006), which is about the new Windows client program-ming platform that‘s part of Microsoft .NET 3.0 and Microsoft Windows Vista. I wanted Applications = Code + Markup to focus almost exclusively on the Windows Presentation Foundation. I knew there was enough to cover without going into the basics of general .NET programming and C#. Yet, I wasn‘t sure how much .NET my readers would know.

I started writing a Chapter Zero for the book that would summarize all the basics of .NET and C# for the C and C++ programmers who might be coming to .NET for the very first time. It soon became evident that this Chapter Zero would be very long. It occurred to me that I could extract the material and make it a book on its own. And so I did and this is it. What you have in your hands (or are reading on a screen) is an introduction to C# and those topics in .NET that are typically found in all .NET programming.

 The contents of .NET Book Zero are copyrighted by Charles Petzold, but the book is freely distributable. 

You can find the book @ http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet 

PDF version of the book (requires PDF Reader): DotNetBookZero11.pdf (1.2 megabytes)

XPS version (requires Windows Vista or .NET 3.0 or XPS Reader): DotNetBookZero11.xps (2.4 megabytes)

Source Code: DotNetBookZeroSourceCode10.zip (190 kilobytes)

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  !!!

Cool Features of Visual Studio 2008 – Part 2

It took almost a month and half for me to present Part-2. In second part, I would introduce LINQ, VB 9 and C# 3.0.

Part-2 of this series covers the following topics:

• LINQ – Language Integrated Query
• VB.NET: Implicit types
• VB.NET: Extension Methods
• VB.NET: IntelliSense
• C# 3.0: Implicit typed local variables
• C# 3.0 Object Initializers
• C# 3.0 : Collection Initializers
• C# 3.0: Anonymous Types
• C# 3.0: Lambda Expression

Cool Features of Visual Studio 2008 – Part 1

Visual Studio 2008 promises numerous improvements for Visual Basic, a data query called the Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a new Entity Framework for ADO.NET and updated tools for ASP.NET AJAX and Office 2007 development.

This series examines the IDE’s new features . This article looks at the improvements to the IDE and the aforementioned ADO.NET Entity Framework. Also we look looks at what’s new in Visual Basic 9 and LINQ; as you will see, these two concepts are closely related. All the new features in C# 3.0 are also discussed more clearly in further parts.

Part-1 of this series covers the following topics:

• Multi-targeting
• N-tier application development
• Transparent Intellisense Mode
• CSS Style Manager
• Split view
• Web Designer, Editing and CSS Support
• JavaScript debugging
• Project Designer
• ASP.NET AJAX and VSTO for Office 2007
• The ADO.NET Entity Framework