At one of my clients, I was showing him how to structure a complex Linq query. This came as a surprise to him and I thought it was worth a quick blog entry.
If you've been following my blog, you should know that I am keeping a pretty close watch on ADO.NET Data Services. The team recently released a second CTP of the new version with some interesting features. This CTP has some pretty compelling additions, but I am going ot focus on one in particular.
Url: http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/01/20/linqp...
Url: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/EFExtensions
Url: http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2008/09/11/NHibe...
Url: http://www.amazon.com/LINQ-Action-Fabrice-Margu...
UPDATE: I know the title is wrong and it should be IUpdateable but I didn't want to break any links for any RSS feeds that already had it.
In response to some requests that I have received, I decided to write a several part blog on some of the techniques I used in developing Wildermuth.com. In this first example, I am going to discuss the use of LINQ and data in my site.
Most of my exposure to LINQ has been in very short snippets and sessions at various conferences and blogs. My initial reaction was fairly negative. This negative reaction was based on several key factors: