I just got finished writing one of the most exciting articles I've ever written. The concept is simple, but the code is fairly advanced, so if you're looking to get into some heavy LINQ code, then please check it out: www.singingeels.com/Articles/Self_Sorting_GridView_with_LINQ_Expression_Trees.aspx...

"LINQ in Action" , published by Manning , is by far the best book available on Linq, both for those new to Linq and those already following it. The authors, Fabrice Marguerie , Steve Eichert , and Jim Wooley , have done a fabulous job of explaining Linq from the basics to the advanced. They even made...

Good deal: 3 free e-books from Microsoft Press! Go to http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8 sign with your Windows Live ID and get the full complete books free chapters and the full complete LINQ book! Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo Complete!! Introducing Microsoft...

I'll be speaking on the topic "LINQ: Simplifying Data Handling in ASP.NET" at the Victoria .NET CodeCamp on January 26th. It's going to be a great (free!) day with expert presenters that include Beth Massi and Richard Campbell . Here's the abstract for my beginner-level talk: Language Integrated...

Today we shipped Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5. You can download the final release using one of the links below: If you are a MSDN subscriber, you can download your copy from the MSDN subscription site (note: some of the builds are just finishing being uploaded now - so check back later during the...

I've just finished writing and publishing my latest article: Learn The Basics Of LINQ It usually takes about a month or so to show up on the front of ASP.net, so here's the abstract: "LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) is a powerful but misunderstood new language feature brought to us in the .NET framework...

Over the last year Scott Mitchell has written 75 awesome data access tutorials covering ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005. You can read all of them for free on the www.asp.net site (VB and C# versions are provided for each tutorial). Earlier this week we published the last 9 articles in the series : Scott Mitchell...

Subscribe . <--What all the cool kids are doing. Original url: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2007/06/28/asp-net-podcast-show-95-jim-wooley-on-linq-part-i-video-and-audio.aspx Download WMV video . Download iPod video . Download MP3 audio . Show Notes: Part 1: In the past...

Below are the slides + demos for the two breakout talks I presented this past Friday at the CodeMash conference : ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks This talk covered ASP.NET UI, AJAX, Caching and Deployment Tips and Tricks, and Visual Studio 2005 tips/tricks. Click here to download the slides+demos for this...

The Atlanta Code Camp was today, so I finally got to give my LINQ and O/R Mapping talk that I've been preparing. I tried to have minimal slides so that I could do a deep dive into real code, but I still went a little too long. The slides look great on my own PC, and in fact they're mostly some...