It seems like typed datasets provide the same type of object layout as the entity framework. What's the difference and why should I use one or the other? We'll start at the fundamental difference: DataSets give you a basic in-memory database that you can query and fill from a data source such as a database. Queries against datasets are executed against in-memory data. Entity Framework gives you a translation layer that translates LINQ queries to your database's SQL dialect. Queries against the EF...
LINQPad is a great way to learn LINQ: it comes loaded with 500 examples from the book, C# 4.0 in a Nutshell. There's no better way to experience the coolness of LINQ and functional programming. LINQPad is more than just a LINQ tool: it's an ergonomic C#/VB scratchpad that instantly executes any C#/VB expression, statement block or program with rich output formatting – the ultimate in dynamic development. Put an end to those hundreds of Visual Studio Console projects cluttering your source folder!...
There is a great article about Data Access in Silverlight by Shawn Wildermuth came out yesterday. The basic story of how Data Services works is that it takes a context object from a LINQ provider and exposes all the IQueryable endpoints as REST resources that can be queried. This works well in creating a place to execute queries and post/put/delete changes. The Silverlight (and .NET) client library allows you to just issue LINQ queries to the data service. Ability to create tracked projections from...
Technorati Tags: LINQ PLINQ: LINQ, but Faster! Parallel Language Integrated Query (PLINQ) in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 offers a minimal-code solution to take advantage of this parallel hardware, providing an implementation of the .NET Standard Query Operators that uses parallel execution techniques underneath the simple LINQ programming to make applications run faster! Come for a deep dive into PLINQ via Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. See what it looks like from the perspective of LINQ developers,...
Technorati Tags: Application Architecture and Design Strategies,Silverlight,Para... Programming,Tutorials The MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow is a developer/architect training through the southeast, presented by technology evangelists Chad Brooks, Glen Gordon and Brian Hitney with Microsoft. Dec. 8 2009. Introduction to ADO.NET Data Services The new wave of Web applications are built on AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight. We learn how ADO.NET Data Services enables applications to expose data as a REST-based...