I'm moving from .NET Framework 2.0 to 3.5.
I'm not a big fan of LINQ. So beside of that and "extensions" what should I do know and take advantage of in .NET Framework 3.5?
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Lambdas, Type Inferance.. most of the underlying things that were created to support LINQ.
Why are you not a fan of LINQ?
EDIT: AS a followup, when I say LINQ I am not talking about LINQ to SQL I am talking about LINQ (Language Integrated Query). I think this distinction needs to be made in general as statements like "LINQ is Dead" are erroneous and should read "LINQ to SQL is Dead".
Quintin Robinson
2009-02-17 20:36:50
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Ive become a fan of WCF: JSON/POX/SOAP...IPC, TCP, HTTP. its enough to make a programmer involved in cross platform communication drool
Mike_G
2009-02-17 20:37:36
Same here, although WCF was a 3.0 feature... you have my vote anyway because Slough is moving up from 2.0.
geofftnz
2009-02-17 20:44:33
ya, but JSON came in 3.5, before that it required some real hacking around to get it to work.
Mike_G
2009-02-17 20:47:37
You can return JSON in .NET 2.0 with ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0
Russ Cam
2009-02-17 21:50:51
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- lambdas
- All of the functions related to LINQ like .Where, .Except, .Intersect
C#-Centric...
var keyword
var name = "hello world";Shorthand Properties
public string Name {get;set;}Coalesce
bob = bob ?? 55;
Tom Ritter
2009-02-17 20:38:26
The coalesce operator has got nothing to do with .NET 3.5. In particular, it's a feature of the C# language and not of the framework.
Konrad Rudolph
2009-02-17 20:43:26
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Well, if you are not a big fan of Linq, are you speaking of Linq2Sql? Because the capabilities of Linq2Objects is invaluable to me. Ditto for Extension methods. I can't go back, since using these features. And, if you don't use Linq, all of the IEnumerable<> extensions in the Linq namespace are invaluable to me.
Not to mention all of the stuff you get with .NET 3.0 (WPF, WCF, etc)
3.5 is a HUGE step up from 2.0
Brian Genisio
2009-02-17 20:39:48
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If you are interested in this topic and want to explore in some depth I very strongly recommend that you get a copy of Jon Skeet's C# In Depth. Every answer that you'll get here will be only part of the story whereas Jon's book walks you through C# 1 to 2 to 3 and shows you the application of new features in each release.
Update: The book is also available in O'Reilly's Safari. It is really a read and ponder kind of book, though, so I think that you'll prefer the deadwood version.
Mark Brittingham
2009-02-17 20:40:42
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I suggest you take a look at the following two articles:
and if you're using C#, here's a list of new language features:
and finally for the ASP.NET developer:
There are so many new features, I'm sure you'll find one you like ;-)
Personally, I really like LINQ. It allows to rewrite a lot of code in a much more readable form, e.g. lots of multi-line foreach loops can be replaced with a simple (readable) LINQ version.
M4N
2009-02-17 20:42:07