Visual Studio 2008 significantly improves the way developers handle data. Traditionally, developers have manipulated data differently depending on where the data resides and how the user connects to it. With the introduction of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and various other data access improvements, developers can now manage data using a consistent programmatic approach and perform data access with new data design surfaces. ADO.NET integrates with LINQ and supports an occasionally connected design pattern to simplify the development tasks for those application types.
These new capabilities include:
· Programming the model and design experience around language/data access unification
o LINQ aims to reduce complexity for developers and help boost their productivity through a set of extensions to the C# and Visual Basic programming languages as well as the Microsoft .NET Framework, which provide integrated querying for objects, databases, and XML data. Using LINQ, developers will be able to write queries natively in C# or Visual Basic, without having to use specialized languages, such as SQL and XPath.
· Simplify the construction of data driven Web sites with LINQ to SQL
o With deep support for incorporating .NET language integrated query (LINQ to SQL) into ASP.NET Web applications, Visual Studio makes the creation of data-driven Web sites more productive, more efficient and more fun. Developers can use familiar programming semantics to access all data sources in a unified and uniform manner.
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