One of the great things about .NET Framework is that there is so much included to make your life as a developer easier. Over the past few years we've been flooded with new capabilities. Staying ...

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for .NET and its System.Query, System.Data.DLink, and System.Xml.XLink classes enable relational-to-object and XML-to-object mapping with first-class CLR data types.

Many database developers have loudly bemoaned Microsoft's decision late last year to marginalize LINQ to SQL in favor of its ADO.NET Entity Framework. Hence there will be no major emphasis on LINQ to ...

Microsoft's controversial decision to position the ADO.NET Entity Framework has generated a lot of backlash among developers who made early bets on LINQ to SQL, which the company had released with ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Web parts are one of the most important features of SharePoint. In SharePoint 2010 along with Visual Studio 2010, you get the ability to create new webparts visually rather than ...

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So I'm playing around with Visual Studio 2010 while we think about moving our projects to it, and I was trying to make a new Silverlight 4 app, but when I go to add any kind of of data models (ADO, ...