04/01/2006
April 2006 - Test Drive VB9 and Dlinq
How LINQ in Orcas automates SQL Server object-relational mapping and enhances XLinq syntax. Plus Daniel Clark shows you how to exploit collections in VB, using Compuware Fault Simulator to ease testing, enabling IntelliSense in your documents with the new XML editor in Visual Studio 2005, building AJAX-enabled applications and more.
The January 2006 Language Integrated Query (LINQ) preview for the next ("Orcas") version of Visual Basic enables automating SQL Server object-relational mapping for DLinq and enhances XLinq syntax for literal XML and late binding.