K Scott leads us in a discussion of LINQ, including:

1. What is it
2. How introducing LINQ to .NET changed the framework
3. LINQ Providers
4. LINQ to XML
5. LINQ to SQL - how it’s different from EF, tips and tricks, when to use it

Links:

• LINQpad
• 3rd Party LINQ providers list on OakLeaf Systems blog
• LINQ to Everything providers list on Charlie Calvert’s blog
• CLINQ (continuous LINQ)
• HTML Agility Pack
• Evolution of LINQ (MSDN Magazine article on LINQ’s history and impact on .NET)
• LINQ to SQL Debugger Visualizer
• Two LINQ to SQL Myths
• Rob’s Not So Lazy MVC Storefront
• Ian Cooper’s Architecting LINQ to SQL applications series
• Background Motion
• Linq2SQL designer refresh add-in

Also, Scott Koon was gone this week. We did our best to make sure you wouldn’t notice.

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Herding Code 10: LINQ