This presentation happens in two parts. The first is an overview of the new language additions to the C# 3.0 specification and how these features culminate in the formation of LINQ. The second part applies these new concepts in a demonstration of LINQ by creating simple and complex queries to join data from disparate systems. There will be no drag and drop LINQ data sources here! We're going to examine LINQ from the perspective of the C# developer looking to get going with LINQ to create the next great application! Topics covered: Type inference, Lambda expressions, Expression trees, Extension Methods , Object Initializers, Anonymous Types, Query Expressions, LINQ to (Entities|SQL|XML)

Presented by Leon Gersing

Leon is a local .net developer with a passion for languages and frameworks. He has 8 years experience as a Microsoft developer and is a advocate of Agile principals, Test-Driven Development, Open Source and the C# and Ruby languages. Leon lives in Dayton with his wife, 2 daughters, 2 cats and 4 computers. Leon runs the development blog fallenrogue.com and is addicted to twitter (twitter.com/fallenrogue)