https://www.softwarecraftsperson.com/tags/visual-studio/ Recent content in Visual Studio on Software Craftsperson https://www.softwarecraftsperson.com/logos/web/png/Color%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png https://www.softwarecraftsperson.com/logos/web/png/Color%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png Hugo -- 0.147.1 en Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:54:00 +0100 https://www.softwarecraftsperson.com/posts/2014-07-27-getting-to-know-linq/ Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:54:00 +0100 https://www.softwarecraftsperson.com/posts/2014-07-27-getting-to-know-linq/ <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/bb397897.aspx">LINQ</a> stands for Language Integrated Query Language. It was a feature introduced along with Visual Studio 2008 that extends the querying capabilities of C# for any sort of data source. Generally LINQ is used to query data sources like SQL Server Databases and XML files. I use it to query databases.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m not going to explain everything about LINQ here. I&rsquo;m going to just talk about some very basic details.</p>