Chapter 1 - Introduction

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LINQ via C# 3.0
Chapter 1 – Introduction
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Prerequisites
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Working knowledge of Microsoft® Visual C#®
2.0
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Generics
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Anonymous methods
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Iterators (yield return)
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Working knowledge of the .NET Framework
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Collection classes
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ADO.NET basics
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XML
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Course Goals
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Understand the new C# 3.0 language
features
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Motivation
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Design Patterns

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Pros and Cons
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Understand the Language Integrated
Query (LINQ) framework
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Course Agenda
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
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Chapter 2 – C# 3.0 Language Features
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Chapter 3 – LINQ Query Operators
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Chapter 4 – LINQ to Objects
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Chapter 5 – LINQ to XML
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Chapter 6 – LINQ to SQL
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Chapter 7 – Beyond LINQ
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LINQ in Context
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LINQ is supported by .NET 3.5 and C# 3.0
2002/2003 2005 2006 2008
Microsoft
Visual
Studio®
2002/2003

Visual Studio
2005
Visual Studio
2005 +
Extensions
Visual
Studio 2008
C# 1.0 C# 2.0 C# 2.0 C# 3.0
.NET 1.0/1.1 .NET 2.0 .NET 3.0 .NET 3.5
CLR 1.0 CLR 2.0 CLR 2.0 CLR 2.0 SP1