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·         C# 3.0 Language Specification

·         The LINQ Page

·         C# 3.0 Language Enhancements in Action

·         C# 3.0 LINQ in Action

·         LINQ and Functional Programming

·         LINQ: .NET Language-Integrated Query
·         LINQ to SQL

·         Object Relational Designer (O/R Designer)
·         LINQ Over DataSet for C# Developers
·         Standard Query Operators

·         .NET Language-Integrated Query for XML Data
·         Getting started with LINQ to SQL

 

Matt Warrens Provider posts:

 

Part I - Reusable IQueryable base classes
Part II - Where and reusable Expression tree visitor
Part II - Local variable references
Part IV - Select
Part V - Improved Column binding
Part VI - Nested queries
Part VII - Join and SelectMany

 

·         Scott Guthrie’s LINQ Posts

·         The Community Convergence Posts

·         Links to LINQ

·         Tech Blog Index

 

Some Videos
  1. Anders on LINQ and Functional Programming

  2. Anders on Ask the Experts, Jan 17, 2007

  3. Anders on LINQ from 2005

  4. Anders on LINQ from the LANG.NET Conference

  5. Anders Chatting about LINQ and ADO.NET

  6. Anders, Herb Sutter, Erik Meijer, Brian Beckman on Software Composability

  7. Anders with Chris McConnell

  8. Eric Lippert on Type Inference

  9. Peter Hallam on Automatic Properties

  10. C# PM's Karen Liu and DJ Park on the C# IDE, LAF, and support for LINQ.

VB2008 learning plan:
TitleURLContent Type
1 How Do I: Get Started with LINQ?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb735955.aspx[/url]Video
2 How Do I: Perform Group and Aggregate Queries?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb735956.aspx[/url]Video
3 How Do I: LINQ over DataSets?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb737877.aspx[/url]Video
4 How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to SQL?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb737878.aspx[/url]Video
5 How Do I: Create a One-To-Many Form using LINQ to SQL?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb737879.aspx[/url]Video
6 How Do I: Upgrade Visual Basic Projects to Enable LINQ?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb852237.aspx[/url]Video
7 How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to XML? [url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=103038[/url]Video
8 How Do I: Enable XML IntelliSense and use XML Namespaces?[url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103039[/url]Video
9 How Do I: Create XML from SQL Data?[url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103040[/url]Video
10 How Do I: Create an Excel Spreadsheet with LINQ to XML?[url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103041[/url]Video
1 How Do I: Build Interop Forms?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb643843.aspx[/url]Video
2 How Do I: Build Interop User Controls?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb643844.aspx[/url]Video
3 How Do I: Deploy Hybrid Applications?[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb643845.aspx[/url]Video
Live From Redmond: VB9 - Conquering XML with LINQ to XML[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032344189%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 - LINQ Best Practices[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032337466%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 - Deep Dive Into LINQ[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032332490%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 – LINQ to SQL & O/R Designer Deep Dive[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032332484%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 - Orcas Overview [url]https://www119.livemeeting.com/cc/wwe_us/view?id=1032338634-2&role=attend&pw=FD32D8A1[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 – Building Service-Oriented Applications with WCF[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032337104%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: VB9 – Building N-Tier Applications[url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032332486%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
Live From Redmond: Using the Interop Toolkit to Migrate your VB6 Applications to .NET  [url]http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032337475%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e[/url]Webcast
TechEd 2007: LINQ and XML for the Microsoft Visual Basic Developer[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/media/en/vs2008/dev319.wvx[/url]Webcast
Erik Meijer Shows Us His Favorite Visual Basic 9.0 Feature - XML Literals[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=327367[/url]Interview
Amanda Silver on Visual Basic LINQ Syntax in Visual Studio 2008[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=335058[/url]Interview
LINQ to SQL and the O/R Designer in VS 2008[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=337692[/url]Interview
Building N-Tier Applications in Visual Studio 2008[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=340881[/url]Interview
Building Hybrid Applications with the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=327369[/url]Interview
Enabling LINQ: Kit George Shows Off His Favorite VB 9.0 Language Features[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=329813[/url]Interview
Extension Methods in Visual Basic 9.0[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=331848[/url]Interview
Visual Basic Intelligence Improvements in VS 2008[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=334318[/url]Interview
Offline Data Synchronization Services in Visual Studio 2008[url]http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=347021[/url]Interview
LINQ (How Do I in Visual Basic)[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384508[/url](VS.90).aspxLibrary
XML in Visual Basic[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384833[/url](VS.90).aspxLibrary
Getting Started with Visual Basic Express 2008[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hewcw458[/url](VS.90).aspxLibrary
Converting VS 2005 Projects to VS 2008 - Enabling LINQ[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/08/21/converting-vs-2005-projects-to-vs-2008.aspx[/url]Article
Getting Started with LINQ to XML[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/10/16/getting-started-with-linq-to-xml.aspx[/url]Article
Improve Your Productivity: Program with XML in Visual Basic 9[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687701.aspx[/url]Article
Unleash the power of query in Visual Studio 2008[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/06/VBLINQ/?topics=/msdnmag/issues/07/06/VBLINQ[/url]Article
Customizing Displays in the Debugger for System Types[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/09/28/customizing-displays-in-the-debugger-for-system-types.aspx[/url]Article
A Walkthrough of WCF Support in Visual Studio 2008[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/08/30/A-Walkthrough-of-WCF-Support-in-Visual-Studio-2008.aspx[/url]Article
Implementing Dynamic Searching Using LINQ[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/08/29/implementing-dynamic-searching-using-linq.aspx[/url]Article
LINQ to SQL and One-To-Many Relationships[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/10/02/linq-to-sql-and-one-to-many-relationships.aspx[/url]Article
Metadata Programming and LINQ[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/07/24/metadata-programming-and-linq.aspx[/url]Article
Interop Forms Toolkit - Your New Best Friend[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/06/13/interop-forms-toolkit-your-new-best-friend.aspx[/url]Article
Debugging Hybrid VB6/.NET Applications[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/07/03/debugging-hybrid-vb6-net-applications.aspx[/url]Article
Deploying Interop UserControls with RegFree-COM[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/archive/2007/06/27/deploying-interop-usercontrols.aspx[/url]Article
Lambda Expressions[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/09/BasicInstincts/[/url]Article
Lambda Expressions and Expression Trees[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/09/11/lambda-expressions-and-expression-trees.aspx[/url]Article
Query Comprehensions[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/08/BasicInstincts/[/url]Article
Visual Basic LINQ Hands On Labs[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e7fa5e3a-f8b2-4f77-bbcd-b5b978402dd1&displaylang=en[/url]Hands On Lab
LINQ Cookbook – Step-by-Step LINQ Recipes[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/LINQ+Cookbook/default.aspx[/url]Sample Code
Visual Basic Windows Presentation Foundation Samples[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/WPF/default.aspx[/url]Sample Code
Samples for Visual Studio 2008 [url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103042[/url]Sample Code
Samples for Visual Basic 2008 Express [url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103043[/url]Sample Code
LINQ Samples Reference[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb688088.aspx[/url]Sample Code