Microsoft .NET: LINQ for C# Developers

Course Overview

LINQ is the part of the .NET Framework that provides a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. It has quickly become the next must-have skill for .NET developers. LINQ for C# Developers has the detail you need to grasp Microsoft's new querying technology, and concise explanations to help you learn it quickly.

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• Microsoft .NET: Programming with .NET: Hands-On Introduction
• Microsoft .NET: Best Practices and Design Patterns
• Microsoft .NET: Architecture and Design - Building Distributed Applications
• Microsoft .NET: .NET Overview
• Microsoft .NET: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (VB.NET)
• Microsoft .NET: Programming .NET Web Services: Introduction
• Microsoft .NET: Developing Window's Applications with VB.NET
• Microsoft .NET: Developing Window's Applications with C#

Prerequisites

• Experience with developing ADO.NET using C#

Course Outline

Introducing the Entity Framework

• Understanding the Entity Framework
• Understanding the Entity Framework's Layers
• Using the Entity Framework

Visualizing Data Models

• Designing an Entity Framework Model
• Managing the Object Layer

Querying Data in the Framework

• Getting to Know Entity SQL
• Running Entity SQL Queries

Understanding Entities Through Objects

• Managing Entity Data Through Objects
• Using Query Builder Methods

Introducing LINQ

• Getting to Know LINQ
• Using LINQ with .NET Objects

Using LINQ to DataSet

• Understanding the LINQ to DataSet Provider
• Writing Queries with LINQ to DataSet

Using LINQ to Entities

• Understanding the LINQ to Entities
• Provider
• Writing Queries with LINQ to Entities

Using LINQ to SQL

• Understanding the LINQ to SQL Provider
• Using the Object Relational Designer
• Using Custom Database Functions in
• Queries