Just released: C# 4.0 Pocket Reference

In the world of 1500+ page tomes on C#, you'll be refreshed to know that we've written a book that covers the entire C# 4.0 language - while fitting into your pocket! The C# 4.0 Pocket Reference is the ultimate quick reference - covering the C# 4.0 language in as few pages as possible (but no fewer). Despite its conciseness, it doesn't sacrifice readability and is packed with useful and complete information. This book is an ideal companion to the LINQ Pocket Reference .

Parallel Programming: Free Article

I've just posted an extensive new article on Parallel Programming in Framework 4.0. This covers PLINQ and the Task Parallel Library and is based on Chapter 22 of C# 4.0 in a Nutshell. The classic e-book on threading has also been updated to Framework 4.0.

Webcast Recording: LINQPad V2 and Beyond

If you missed the recent O'Reilly webcast on the new and upcoming features of LINQPad, you can now watch the recording online.

LightSpeed and LINQPad: Perfect Partners!

Mindscape's acclaimed object-relational mapper meets LINQPad: find out more!

Podcast: On Writing LINQPad, Books and more

Tune into Talking Shop Down Under for a frank discussion on dynamic binding in C#, writing books, how LINQPad evolved, and marketing your own product. Hosted by Richard Banks.

Webcast: What's new in C# 4.0

If you missed my webcast this Tuesday on what's new in C# 4.0, the recording is now online. Enjoy!

LINQPad 2.0

The public LINQPad 2.0 release candidate is now available, featuring first-class support for querying WCF Data Services, SQL Azure, MySQL and SQLite. There are builds for both Framework 3.5 and the upcoming Framework 4.0.

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell - now in stock!

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell includes everything in the acclaimed C# 3.0 in a Nutshell - plus 200 additional pages on C# 4 and CLR 4.0 features. The book is the product of immense production effort and has been combed rigorously by top technical reviewers.

10 LINQ Myths

The ten most common misconceptions, and how they set people awry.

LINQPad

Ever used SQL Management Studio and wished you could type your queries in LINQ, rather than antiquated SQL? Well now you can! LINQPad is a free tool that lets you dynamically query SQL databases in a real query language: you'll never have to struggle with a correlated subquery again!

Query Express

This simple and free 100KB database query tool written in C# allows SQL commands to be run interactively on SQL Server, Oracle or an OLE-DB compliant databases. It includes an object browser, text/grid results, saving to XML/CSV format, and support for batching via the 'GO' keyword. No installation required. Full source code available. More on Query Express...

Threading in C#

An extensive article on multithreading in C#. This tackles difficult issues such as thread safety, when to use Abort, Wait Handles vs Wait and Pulse, the implications of Apartment Threading in Windows Forms, using Thread Pooling, Synchronization Contexts, Memory Barriers and non-blocking synchronization constructs. Full Contents

Dynamically building LINQ expression predicates This describes a simple and elegant solution to the problem of dynamically composing Expression<> based predicates in LINQ.

Speeding up LINQ to SQL Three ways to squeeze the maximum performance out of this technology.

Value Types vs Reference Types A tutorial explaining how value and reference types work in C# and .NET. This covers the differences in the way objects are created and disposed, how memory allocation works, and common traps.