LINQ Training: Introduction to Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for Visual Basic 2008

Course Number: LNQ-100
Duration: 2 days
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LINQ Training Overview

Accelebrate's LINQ Training: Introduction to Language Integrated Query training class teaches attendees all the skills necessary for using LINQ effectively in their .NET applications. After the class, students will be able to use LINQ to work with in-memory objects, XML, and relational data. New .NET 4.0 features such as the Entity Framework's POCO support and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) are covered for clients running Visual Studio 2010 or later.

NOTE: Accelebrate also offers Introduction to LINQ training for C#.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals.  To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/microsoft.htm.

LINQ Training Prerequisites

All attendees should have prior experience developing applications in .NET 2.0 or later using C# or Visual Basic and some familiarity with the use of interfaces and generics.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This LINQ training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

LINQ Training Materials

All LINQ training students receive a hands-on lab manual and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

• Windows XP with at least 1GB RAM or Windows Vista or 7 with at least 2GB RAM
• Visual Studio 2010, with the latest service packs and with SQL Server Express enabled
• Visual Studio 2008 SP1 can also be used, but some topics (POCO and PLINQ) will not apply in this earlier environment
• If you have purchased this class, please contact us for more detailed setup specifications

LINQ Training Objectives

• Understand the architecture and benefits of using LINQ
• Become proficient with the new language features added to support LINQ
• Write a variety of LINQ expressions to sort, filter, and re-shape data
• Leverage LINQ’s differed execution capability in an n-tier application
• Use LINQ to XML to create, query, and transform XML data
• Understand the options for using LINQ with relational data
• Learn about the ADO.NET Entity Framework and it's new support for Plain-Old CLR Objects (POCO) [.NET 4.0 only]
• Use Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) and learn to recognize when it's appropriate to use [.NET 4.0 only]