C# features – LINQ primer 
				

				
	April 30, 2009 |
	by Geoff 


                                

					Language INtegrated Query (LINQ) adds extensions to the .NET framework which provide a domain specific language for querying and transforming collections right within C# (or VB for that matter). It provides syntax similar to other 4GL querying languages such as SQL, HQL or even OQL.
Below is a simple test case showing how to do LINQ [...]

					
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					C# features – question mark syntax 
				

				
	April 28, 2009 |
	by Geoff 


                                

					Some recent project work in C# unearthed a few grains of syntactic sugar which I thought deserved a quick post. Not necessarily because they are ground breaking discoveries, but more because I found it difficult to find information via the usual channels (google) and wanted to share. I think the poor information discovery is a [...]

					
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					Persistence 
				

				
	April 11, 2008 |
	by Lorill 


                                

					Any developers working on projects involving databases will need to be aware of persistence strategies, and take these into consideration at design time. Persistence strategies are tailored to specific projects depending on a variety of circumstances such as if they are read-only or read/write, how important the timeliness of data is within the application, and [...]

					
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