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Now that LINQ is available to all developers with the release of Visual Studio 2008, it is going to take some time to realize all of its uses. I now find I examine a .NET class library object and see if any properties implement an IEnumerable collection Read More

After hovering at 80 odd pages for a few weeks, Hooked on LINQ, the LINQ developer wiki has topped the 100 page mark. The new additions are in the C# 3.0 Language Enhancements and more thorough descriptions including some laborious work documenting in Read More

In C# 3.0 you can create a type "on-the-fly" to hold the results of a query. You can write something like this: var anonType = new { Firstname = "Troy", Surname = "Magennis" };  But, more often we create them as the result of a query to limit and Read More

I downloaded the LINQ to XSD alpha preview. After reading the disclaimer multiple times (it seems Microsoft want it clear that this may not make the Orcas cut, and is for feedback), I fired up Visual Studio and gave it a go. I had just written a LINQ Read More

When first discovering Extension Methods, the new feature in C#3.0 that allows you to introduce methods to any type without using the normal OO principle of inheritance, I must say I was a little concerned that this feature might cause chaos and destruction. Read More