Getting the Most from LINQPad Succinctly

This book is for all developers who work in the .NET platform (C# or VB.NET) and want to accelerate the development lifecycle by using LINQPad as a better, more powerful testing tool. Basic knowledge of LINQPad is required. If you’re not familiar with the product, I suggest reading my previous ebook, LINQPad Succinctly, which you can download here. C# programming skills and basic knowledge of LINQ are also recommended.

The book starts with a brief overview of LINQPad and its top features. The next chapter focuses on using Entity Framework with LINQPad to get a database model testing tool. After that, the book explains how to get the most from LINQPad by using scripts and extensibility features. Finally, the last chapter of the book explains how to build a custom data context driver to be used by LINQPad.

The LINQPad 5 free edition and the C# programming language are used for the purposes of this book. Visual Studio 2017 will be employed to write some of the code examples, with the .NET Framework 4.6 being the target framework for building assemblies. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio will be used for database treatment. All samples described in this book can be downloaded here.

I hope that you enjoy this material, and that it helps you improve your development lifecycle and deliver your applications in less time.