I have a free one-year MSDN subscription to offer. I believe that it has to be activated before June 30, so, I don't have time to organize a contest or something...
The offer is MSDN Premium, which gives you access to a whole set of Microsoft software licensed for design, development, testing, and demonstration of your programs. This includes Visual Studio Team Suite, Windows, Office, SQL Server, etc. Given the releases expected this year, this will give you access to such things as Visual Studio 2010 and Windows 7.
If you think that you deserve to get this subscription, just contact me and let me know why I should give YOU this gift. I'll make my choice quickly and I'll reply to you.
Hint: if you can help me update the content of SharpToolbox.com, that can be a plus for you ;-)
UPDATE: We have a winner! Thanks to everyone who participated. I'll reply shortly to each one of you.
After we published the code samples for LINQ in Action's first chapters in LINQPad a few weeks ago, the samples of three more chapters have just been added. These chapters cover LINQ to XML. Thanks Jim for doing the additional conversion.
The code samples for chapters 1 to 11 are now available. Read the original announcement to learn how to download and use these samples. A new download is enough to get the update.
Cross-posted from http://linqinaction.net
Do you know LINQPad? It's a really simple but great tool for testing LINQ queries. Not only that, but it can be used to test all kinds of C# and VB code snippets.
Another great thing about LINQPad is that it comes with code samples. Until now the integrated code samples came from the C# 3.0 in a Nutshell book. Joe Albahari, author of LINQPad and C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, has opened LINQPad so that code samples from other books can be integrated into LINQPad. Thanks Joe for this opportunity!
We worked with Joe to integrate LINQ in Action's code samples into LINQPad. The result is that in addition to being available as Visual Studio solutions and projects, you can now run our code samples directly from LINQPad. This makes it very easy to explore LINQ's features with instant "code and play".
To install LINQ in Action's code samples in LINQPad, all you have to do is click on the "Download more samples..." link:
You'll see LINQ in Action proposed as one of the LINQPad-enabled books (the only one at the moment, in fact):
Once you've clicked on "Download full code listings into LINQPad", you should see the C# and VB samples grouped by chapter:
Currently, chapters 1 to 8 are available. We'll integrate the remaining code samples soon.
Have fun with LINQ!
Cross-posted from http://linqinaction.net