The document provides an overview of Daniel Egan's professional experience including his roles as a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP for ASP.Net, Chief Architect at Odyssey Consulting Group, author, instructor, and his involvement with various .Net user groups. It then outlines topics to be covered including object relational mappers, language enhancements in VB.Net and C# 3.0, LINQ and LINQ to SQL.

1. Daniel N. Egan Microsoft Regional Director – California Microsoft MVP – ASP.Net Partner/Chief Architect - Odyssey Consulting Group

7. “ Object/relational mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science". ~Ted Neward (http://blogs.tedneward.com/2006/06/26/The+Vietnam+Of+Computer+Science.aspx)

19. “ Language is the source of misunderstandings.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)

22. 1 using System; 2 3 namespace ConsoleApplication1 4 { 5 class Program 6 { 7 public string Name { get ; set ; } 8 9 static void Main( string [] args) 10 { 11 var p = new Program(); 12 p.Name = "Bart" ; 13 } 14 } 15 }

27. In a nut-shell, partial methods are a light-weight replacement for events designed primarily for use by automatic code generators.

37. Let’s Take a 15 Minute Break After the break we will start looking at Linq

38. “ It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one LINQ at a time.” ~Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) – modified slightly ;)

41. LINQ enabled data sources LINQ To Objects Objects LINQ To XML <book> <title/> <author/> <price/> </book> XML LINQ enabled ADO.NET LINQ To DataSets LINQ To SQL LINQ To Entities Relational Others… VB C# .NET Language-Integrated Query

42. “ Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.” ~John Steinbeck

43. var query = dc.Recipes .W here (r => r.Title.Contains( “Chocolate” ) ) .S elect (r => new{ r .Title, r.NumberOfServings}) ; Extension methods Lambda expressions Object initializers Anonymous types Implicitly Declared Local Variables Extension methods

59. Retain Database Values (First In Wins)

60. Override Database (Last In Wins)

61. Merge with other Values (User one wins conflicts)

66. Please fill out your Evaluations ;)

68. Query Controller Binding Flatten Mapping Mapping Rewrite SQL2000 Parameters Flatten Parameters Readers Format

69. Submit Data Context Change Processor Walk Objects TX Sequence Do the Update Dynamic User Override