LINQ is a natural fit for parsing web log files. Chetan Jagatkishore Kothari and Shalini Nautiyal provide an overview of analyzing a log file using LINQ based Log Parser.
Log Analysis Using LINQ Based Log Parser
Published 05/09/2012
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A Beginner's Guide to PLINQ
Published 02/08/2012
Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) has been introduced in .NET Framework 4.0, as part of the parallel programming features. In most scenarios Parallel LINQ is supposed to increase performance but in some cases a sequential operation would be a better option. Read on to learn more...
Microsoft .NET Reactive Extensions and .NET Framework Task Parallel Library
Published 05/12/2011
In making parallel computing more accessible, Microsoft has also made asynchronous execution more accessible. Nowhere is this fact more apparent than in technologies built from the ground up on these new asynchronous capabilities. Take, for example, Reactive Extensions (Rx); a set of libraries built on LINQ and the Task Parallel Library (TPL).
10 Ways LINQ Can Improve Your C# Programming
Published 12/17/2010
LINQ - Language Integrated Query is one of the most exciting and powerful extensions added by Microsoft to the .NET framework. This article talks about a few ways that can help you improve your classical C# programming using LINQ, whose success relies on the easy way it allows developers to use SQL like syntax to query all kinds of data.
Applying The Repository Pattern on LINQ and ADO.NET Entity Framework 4
Published 12/02/2010
Make use of the Repository Pattern to break the dependencies between your application's domain model and data access code.
Using Projections to Boost Performance
Published 10/05/2010
Learn the practice of using projections in your LINQ statements to ensure you are not over retrieving data values from your Entity Framework model.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
How to Determine Which Office Version is Installed with VB.NET and C#
Published 01/04/2013
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
Building an Azure Queuing Message Pipeline
Published 01/15/2013
A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.
