Ankit Kumar from Mindfire Solutions presented LinqPad, a software utility for .NET development, allowing interactive querying of SQL databases and writing C# code without a full IDE. The benefits include free usage, easy database querying, and rich output formatting, as well as integrated debugging in the paid version. The presentation covered installation, user interface features, and provided resources for further information.

1. LINQPad
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
Date: 11th
June 2015

2. Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
About Me
MCTS 70-433 - Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database
Development-Exam
MCP 70-480 - Specialist certification in HTML5 with
JavaScript and CSS3 Exam
MCP 70-486 - Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web
Applications
Skills: Asp.Net, C#, Sql Server, Jquery, MVC, EF, WCF, IIS, Azure, WebApi
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Contact Me:
Email: ankitk@mindfiresolutions.com
Skype: mfsi_ankitk

3. Agenda
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
 Introduction
 Why?
 Download
 Installation
 LINQPad UI and options
 Lets try it out

4. Introduction
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
 LINQPad is software utility targeted at Microsoft .NET
development. It is used to interactively query SQL
databases (among other data sources such as OData or
WCF Data Services) using LINQ, as well as interactively
writing C# code without the need for an IDE.
 Creator: Joseph Albahari - 2007

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Why?
 Its Free (Standard Edition) with no expiry.
 Lets you test C#,VB,F# snippets or program
 Query databases using linq or sql
 You don't need a heavy IDE like VS or SSMS
 You can check query performance.
 Rich output formatting
 Intellisence & Debugging (paid version)

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Download & Installation
 Download from www.linqpad.net

7. LINQPad UI
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
 Menus
 Manage connection
 Saved Query
 Write Query
 Results

8. Lets try it out
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
 Its Action time

9. Resources & References
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINQPad
 http://www.linqpad.net/

10. Question and
Answer
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions

11. Thank You
Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions

12. Presenter: Ankit Kumar, Mindfire Solutions
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