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Dynamic Searching using LINQ - Dataset + Joins
10 July 09 05:22 PM

About two years ago I posted some code that shows how to dynamically construct LINQ queries at runtime . On average there's a couple questions per month about trying it in some edge case, and usually the support already exists within the API. Recently Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Jonathan Aneja, Orcas, VB2008, IQueryable

Attachment(s):DynamicQueries.zip

XML Literals, WCF and LINQ Article by Steele Price (Lisa Feigenbaum)
02 May 09 02:02 PM

Steele wrote a great article in last month's issue of Visual Studio Magazine on XML Literals, WCF and LINQ. He shows how to use these three technologies together to produce more responsive ASP.NET pages, and more readable code. Lots of great tips for Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, VB2008, XML

When using LINQ to XML why don’t I get results if I don’t import a XML namespace (Daniel Walzenbach)?
29 April 09 05:20 PM

Hi, I posted a bit of code the other day which I used to get a list of all Code Snippets we ship in Visual Studio . In a nutshell, I used XElement.Load to create a new XML document from a filename from which I then read elements from (There are way to Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, XML, Daniel Walzenbach

How to get a list of all files of a directory (subdirectories included) (Daniel Walzenbach)?
23 April 09 11:53 AM

I needed to create a list of all Code Snippets we ship in Visual Studio the other day containing their title, description and path on disc and size. As you might know, Code Snippets are stored in multiple directories below "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Daniel Walzenbach

Community Article: Scaling ADO.NET DataTables (Beth Massi)
18 December 08 09:00 AM

We we released a new community article onto the Visual Basic Developer Center by one of our MVPs, Jeff Certain , called Scaling ADO.NET DataTables . In this article Jeff shows shows us how to query and aggregate data using the built in DataTable methods Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Beth Massi

Video: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks (Lisa Feigenbaum)
06 December 08 08:00 AM

I've blogged the session materials for this presentation before, but now we finally have the video available too! Here are some section markers: Enjoy! http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/developer/tv/default.aspx?vid=79 Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, IDE, VB2008, TechEd2008

Tutorial: Functional Programming with Visual Basic 9.0 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
24 November 08 05:06 PM

Using Visual Basic, and thinking about Functional Programming? Here's an excerpt from Eric White's blog , explaining why you should: Functional Programming (FP) has the potential to reduce program line count by 20% to 50%, reduce bugs and increase robustness, Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, VB2008

TechEd Barcelona: Session Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)
10 November 08 11:33 AM

I'm here at TechEd Barcelona, and the week has gotten off to a great start. Jason Zander did the keynote this afternoon, and announced lots of great tooling support that will be included in Visual Studio 2010! Exciting stuff. I have 4 sessions here, starting Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, VB2008, XML, TechEd2008

Visual Basic at TechEd SouthEast Asia (Lisa Feigenbaum)
03 September 08 02:29 PM

This is a follow-up to my presentations at TechEd SouthEast Asia. Please find all the descriptions and materials for the presentations on the following resource page: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/techedsea Here are some direct links to the materials: Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, IDE, VB2008, XML, TechEd2008

Visual Basic at TechEd South Africa 2008 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
02 September 08 03:22 PM

Thanks to those of you who attended my sessions at TechEd South Africa 2008. As promised here are the presentation materials I used, so you try out the examples yourself! I've created a Code Gallery resource page to host the material, with all the session Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, VB2008, XML, TechEd2008

VB 2008 Language Deep Dive - Presentation Materials (Jonathan Aneja)
20 August 08 09:55 PM

Last week I got the chance to visit the Toronto .NET User Group and give a talk on all the great new language features in VB2008. It was great to see so much excitement a round LINQ and especially XML Literals ! The slides and demo code are posted at Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Jonathan Aneja, Extension_Methods, Orcas, VB2008, XML

Attachment(s):VBLanguageDeepDive.zip

Article: Sharpening Your Axis with Visual Basic 9 (Beth Massi)
30 June 08 05:30 PM

In the July/August issue of CoDe Magazine there's an article I wrote with Avner Aharoni (the Program Manager on XML literals) called Sharpening Your Axis with Visual Basic 9 . (They just opened up online access to even non-subscribers today!) I highly Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Beth Massi, VB2008, XML

TechEd US 2008: Presentation Materials for TLA325 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
05 June 08 08:11 AM

This week I presented "Microsoft Visual Basic IDE Tips and Tricks" at TechEd US 2008. Thanks to those of you who attended. The presentation materials are listed below. Slide deck 2008 solution - post demo version 2005 solution - post demo version 2008 Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, IDE, VB2008, TechEd2008

Come hear about VB 2008 Tips & Tricks at TechEd US! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
04 June 08 12:46 AM

The VB team has two great sessions coming up on Wednesday June 4th, covering tips & tricks for the language and IDE. Abstracts are below. Hope to see you there! TLA319 Microsoft Visual Basic 2008: Microsoft LINQ Language Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, IDE, VB2008, TechEd2008

LINQ Deep Dive and Best Practices Presentation Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)
15 May 08 04:45 PM

I presented the following talk this week at VSLive! Orlando 2008 : Visual Studio 2008: LINQ Deep Dive and Best Practices LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a key platform innovation introduced with Visual Studio 2008 which brings SQL-style query expressions Read More...

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Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, LINQ/VB9, VB2008