Joseph Guadagno : LINQ

Book Review: LINQ In Action

jguadagno — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:53:35 GMT

Amazon.com: LINQ in Action: Fabrice Marguerie, Steve Eichert, Jim Wooley, Matt Warren: Books

I think the expression is "don't cry over spilled milk...", well when my son spilled milk on this book I almost cried. Why would you cry over a book you ask? There are many reasons. Not only does the book go into LINQ in depth (I know there is a C# in Depth book) but the authors cover all of the parts of the .NET framework that were created and needed for LINQ to function. In addition, all of the samples provided are both in C# and VB.NET. These samples are not your basic "Hello World" samples but useful reusable code snippets that get the point of the book section across.

The book starts of with an introduction to LINQ and the different versions of LINQ to xxx, more than enough to wet your whistle. The authors then go into the prerequisites of the .NET framework required, generics, anonymous types and lambda expressions. This chapter was so good I read it twice. The third chapter discusses how LINQ is made up. After this, the authors go in depth in describing the different types of LINQ, including LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Objects and LINQ to Amazon with useful examples.

This book will be a reference book on my book shelf. I expect to refer to this book constantly.

ORM Comparison Part II

jguadagno — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:46:04 GMT

Part II of the Southeast Valley .NET User Group ORM comparison happened yesterday. It started off nice and calm but ended with a bang or two. No there were no fight or arguments between the presenters or attendees but mother nature let loose on the Phoenix area last night. Especially during Scott Cate's presentation that happened to be going over on time. A huge thunder clap ended his presentation :) . Represented at this part was LLBGen Pro, NHibernate, ActiveRecord, QuickObjects and EasyDB.

Over the two months/meetings of presentations we saw how different technologies provide database access from .NET to different data stores. Thanks to the following for presenting.

Presenter	Technology
LINQ Overview	Adam Wolf
LINQ to SQL	Adam Wolf
LINQ to Entities	Rob Richardson
QuickObjects	Ish Singh
Subsonic	Saul Mora
netTiers	Brad Mead
NHibernate	Aaron Cure
ActiveRecord	Justin James
LLBGen Pro	Scott Cate
Easy DB	Scott Cate

It was a great event but if we had to do it over again we would make it longer. In fact there have been talk about making this a web cast series. If you are interested in seeing this as a web cast series, post a comment here, contact me, or send an email to your local Microsoft developer evangelist.

Big Day Today: Object Relational Mappers (ORM) Comparison Day 1

jguadagno — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:33:41 GMT

Well the time is here for the Southeast East Valley .NET User Group to hold it first of two meetings to compare different Object Relational Mapper technologies. Some of the representative technologies will be LINQ, nHibernate, LLBGen Pro, and more.

The event will be broadcast via LiveMeeting starting at 6:30 PM MST.

For more details on the event visit: http://sevdnug.org/Events/2008-07-24/Southeast_Valley_NET_User_Group_Meeting_July_2008.aspx

Southeast Valley .NET User Group: ORM Comparison: Update

jguadagno — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:29:05 GMT

The ~~July~~ July and August 2008 meetings of Southeast Valley .Net Users Group (SEVDNUG) will host a comparison of different Object Relational Mapper / Data Access Layer technologies.

Requirements have been to established so that there is a common database and user interface to compare these technologies against. Each presenter will be given 15 minutes to demonstrate there technology and/or framework followed by a 5 minute Q&A session. At the end of all of the presentations there will be a Q&A session for all of the presenters and attendees.

Since we have so many technologies represented, 9 at last count, the event will span two meetings. In addition, if you can not attend but are interested in the event, it will be broadcasted via LiveMeeting.

Current Technologies Represented:

Linq Overview
Linq to SQL
Linq to Entities
QuickObjects
Subsonic
netTiers
nHibernate
ActiveRecord
LLBGen Pro
EasyDB

We would like presenters for the following:

CSLA
Enterprise Application Blocks
Entity Framework (Astoria)
Any other ORM tool

If you want to present, please send an email to presentations@sevdnug.org.
More information can be found at: http://www.sevdnug.org/Events/database_layer_comparison.aspx

Event Information

Event Registration: In Person

Details about the July 2008, time, place, location can be found at: http://sevdnug.org/events/2008-07-24/Southeast_Valley_NET_User_Group_Meeting_July_2008.aspx
To register to attend this event IN PERSON: http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=127832
Details about the August 2008, time, place, location can be found at: http://sevdnug.org/events/2008-08-28/Southeast_Valley_NET_User_Group_Meeting_August_2008.aspx
To register to attend this event IN PERSON: http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=127833

LiveMeeting Information

July Meeting
August Meeting

Free Hands On .NET Training from InnerWorkings

jguadagno — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:27:13 GMT

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To take advantage of this learning offer, members should register with InnerWorkings and download the free samplers before February 25th, 2008.

Original Post Found at http://blogs.msdn.com/terryclancy/archive/2008/02/05/vsip-partner-innerworkings-helps-you-build-your-net-skills-for-free.aspx