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Agenda,[object Object],Samples and Plugins,[object Object],Stand alone profilers,[object Object],Designer extensions,[object Object],Code Gen Extensions,[object Object],Providers,[object Object]

Samples,[object Object],What is it? The LINQ Samples include tools, addins and visualizers,[object Object],Download Site: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/csharpsamples,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solves,[object Object],Allows you to peak under the covers and see what LINQ is doing,[object Object],Makes it easier to work with XML in C#,[object Object],Installation Notes:,[object Object],Find the downloads in Visual Studio clicking on Help then Samples,[object Object]

EF Visualizer,[object Object],What is it? Visualizer for Entity Framework Queries,[object Object],Download Site: www.rajvenkatesh.com/projects,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesSee the queries generated by the Entity Framework.,[object Object],Installation Notes: XCopy Deploy library into Visualizers directory,[object Object]

Query profiler,[object Object],$,[object Object],What is it? SQL Server’s built in profiler tool to show all requests evaluated by server,[object Object],Download Site: N/A,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesSee the queries issued to the database, including updates.,[object Object],Installation Notes: Installed with the SQL Server client tools,[object Object],Usage Notes: Works only with SQL Server,[object Object]

Huagati LINQ to SQL Profiler,[object Object],$,[object Object],What is it? Profiling tool to monitor DataContext actions.,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.huagati.com/L2SProfiler/,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesDifficult to see database actions in a running application.,[object Object],Installation Notes: Custom installer.,[object Object],Usage Notes: Need to add extension methods on DataContext to enable logging.,[object Object]

L2S Prof,[object Object],$,[object Object],What is it? Profiling tool to monitor DataContext actions.,[object Object],Download Site: http://l2sprof.com/home,[object Object]

LINQPad,[object Object],What is it? Stand alone tool to prototype LINQ and .Net code.,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.LinqPad.Net,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesLearn LINQ without needing to create full solutions.Easily prototype LINQ queries.,[object Object],Installation Notes: X Copy Deployment,[object Object],Usage Notes: Includes samples from “C# In a Nutshell“ and “LINQ in Action”,[object Object]

LINQ Tools – EDM Designer,[object Object],What is it? Replacement editor for managing large EDMX models,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.codeplex.com/edmdesigner,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesManaging large databases is difficult in a single view.,[object Object],Installation Notes: X-copy deploy (includes source),[object Object],Usage Notes: http://msmvps.com/blogs/matthieu/archive/ tags/EDM+Designer/ default.aspx,[object Object]

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools,[object Object],$,[object Object],What is it? VS Add-in to manage refreshing models and DB Schemas,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.huagati.com/dbmltools/,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesExisting tools have problems when the DB Schema changes. This adds refresh abilities.,[object Object],Usage Notes: Integrated into Visual Studio,[object Object]

Code Gen - L2ST4,[object Object],What is it? T4 Code Generation Templates for LINQ to SQL,[object Object],Download Site: http://l2st4.codeplex.com/,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesCustomize the code created for the LINQ to SQL Classes,[object Object],Installation Notes: Xcopy deployment of 2 files. Remove build action on .dbml file.,[object Object],Usage Notes: T4 used heavily in VS 2010,[object Object]

Code Gen– PLinqo,[object Object],$,[object Object],What is it? Supercharged LINQ to SQL,[object Object],Download Site: http://plinqo.com,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesAdds features missing in LINQ to SQL.,[object Object],Installation Notes: Requires CodeSmith(but see http://plinqo.com/offer.ashx),[object Object]

LINQ Providers – I4O,[object Object],What is it? Indexed LINQ to Objects,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.codeplex.com/i4o,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesLINQ to Object joins perform use table scans. This adds hashtablesto optimize frequent lookups.,[object Object],Installation Notes: Build and add reference,[object Object],Usage Notes: Explained at http://blog.magenic.com/blogs/aarone/archive/2007/04/09/ Introducing-i4o.aspx,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – PLINQ,[object Object],What is it? Parallel LINQ To Objects,[object Object],Download Site: N/A: Included in .Net 4.0,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesProvides Multi-core support for LINQ to Objects queries,[object Object],Usage Notes: Add the reference and then make your query parallel using .AsParallel,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – LINQ to XSD,[object Object],What is it? Typed LINQ to XML,[object Object],Download Site: http://linqtoxsd.codeplex.com/,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesLINQ to XML queries are not typesafe and don’t have intellisense.,[object Object],Installation Notes: See ReadMe.txt. Need to add Environment Variable.,[object Object],Usage Notes: Point the command line tool at a schema to generate the proxy classes.,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – LINQ to REST,[object Object],What is it? LINQ provider to consume ADO.Net Data Services,[object Object],Download Site: N/A: Included with .NET 3.5 sp 1,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesADO.Net Data Services adds another query syntax in the URI. This abstracts that syntax.,[object Object],Installation Notes: Add reference,[object Object],Usage Notes: Many LINQ statements can’t be translated to URI causing runtime exceptions,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – LINQ to Twitter,[object Object],What is it? Sample LINQ provider to access the Twitter APIs,[object Object],Download Site: http://linqtotwitter.codeplex.com/,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesUnderstand how to build custom LINQ providers against non-standard data sources,[object Object],Installation Notes: Build and add reference,[object Object],Usage Notes: Requires building for x86 for authentication. Also supports OAuth.,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – BLINQ,[object Object],What is it? Sample LINQ provider to access the BING API,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.nikhilk.net/BLinq-LINQ-over-Bing.aspx,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesUnderstand how to build custom LINQ providers against non-standard data sources,[object Object],Installation Notes: Build and add reference,[object Object],Usage Notes: Requires an AppID from http://www.bing.com/developers,[object Object]

LINQ Providers – IQUeryable Toolkit,[object Object],What is it? Tool sample to understand parsing Iqueryable types.,[object Object],Download Site: http://www.codeplex.com/IQToolkit,[object Object],Example Problem(s) it solvesBuilding a provider is difficult.,[object Object],Usage Notes: See Matt Warren’s impressive tome starting with http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/mattwar/archive/2007/07/30/linq-building-an-iqueryable-provider-part-i.aspx,[object Object]

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