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LINQ TO SQL or ADO.NET? [closed]

What is the best choice LINQ TO SQL (.DBML) or using ADO.NET with procedures for a database with 29 tables and about 30 concurrent users that will run the system that I am going to build? I know that ...
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Is querying KeyValue Pairs efficient compared to two-property objects?

I'm working on a webservice and I'm returning JSON. However, I'm returning a List<KeyValuePair<string, int>>, since that's all I'm really ever going to be dealing with (property => value) ...
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MVVM Reporting App Approach ? Data Access Layer?

I'm trying to follow the MVVM pattern in a reporting / statistics application that I'm making in C# / WPF. I have made many model classes to hold properties as a starting point. Some of these models ...
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Best practice modelling an active record entity using Linq-To-SQL as DAL

Currently I'm starting a new system on my company, and we are using a good separation between models, views and controllers, basically using Asp.Net MVC 3 for the user UI, and a C# class library for ...
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LINQ to SQL - Business logic in another assembly?

So I am trying my hand at this whole tiered application thing with ASP.NET 4. The software I've developed is a maintenance nightmare and it isn't very well organized. I've done some looking around ...
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learning web development c#

I've been learning c# "for a while" now and I would like to move to web development as that is actually what I'm interested in, however I dont know where would I start from so I would like if someone ...
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As a new programmer, how much time should I spend learning new libraries?

As a junior programmer, how much time should I spend focusing on new libraries or language features, as opposed to learning how things worked before those libraries came about? How dangerous is it to ...
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Best algorithm/practice when creating a search mechanism for your database?

I have been designing a database where it is very important to provide users with a good search mechanism. So I was wondering what some of the best practices are for using keywords to search over ...
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Are there any good resources for refactoring existing C# code to use LINQ while keeping your tests passing?

I've been teaching myself a little LINQ and an exercise I thought would be useful was to take my existing Project Euler C# code, which I built using Test Driven Development and gradually convert it to ...
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LINQ Style preference

I have come to use LINQ in my every day programming a lot. In fact, I rarely, if ever, use an explicit loop. I have, however, found that I don't use the SQL like syntax anymore. I just use the ...
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C# Linq to <blank> which type is most used and which are most hated/unneeded

I have read and used many good Linq to . I have also read that some of the Linq to __ are not worth learning as there are better techniques. I was just wondering which of the bunch should I ...
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Displaying code in Power Point (or other presentation software)?

I'm going to be introducing LINQ to my co-workers next week. I'm starting with an existing method from our production code and slowly converting it to use LINQ. I don't want to take the time to ...
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Senior Interview LINQ questions

I'm preparing a LINQ section in interview questions for senior programmers. What are the most interesting questions in LINQ to include? And why?
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Should I be learning Linq, Direct SQL Commands (in .net), EF or other?

Basically, I have a very good knowledge of plain old SQL coming from Classic ASP programming. Over the past couple of months, I have been learning C# and today was my first full day at MVC 3 (Razor) ...