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LINQPad: Most Amazing Tool to do Database Queries, Learn .NET, LINQ and More

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LINQPad is an amazing tool for .NET developers. Really, it is the best tool for .NET developers that I’ve ever come across – aside of VisualStudio. So it deserves well to be the subject of the first post in my blog about time-tested tools for developers:

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With LINQPad, you can

  • Run any C#, F#, VB code snippet you like, e.g. test regular expressions, …
  • Get information about the tables in your database.
  • Do database queries with LINQ query syntax.
  • See the result of the query nicely formatted in different ways.
  • See the Lambda code created by the compiler from your query code.
  • See the SQL code created from your query code.
  • See the execution time of  your LINQ query.
  • Do database queries with Lambda syntax.
  • Learn LINQ.
  • See dozens of examples of LINQ queries. Just select “Samples” in the lower left window of LINQPad, work through all the examples, and you’ve mastered LINQ 😉
  • If you forgot some keyword or some syntax, the “Samples” section is also good as a reference book for LINQ.
  •  Use a typed data context from your own assembly/EF, too. (I’ve not tried this out, yet.)

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How to attach LINQPad to a SQLite database XYZ.db:

  • Download and start LINQPad. No installation needed.
  • At the top left, select “Add connection”.
  • View more drivers / IQ driver for MySQL, SQLite, … / Download & enable driver
  • Build data context automatically / IQ (Supports … SQLite)
  • SQLite
  • Browse / Location of database File / XYZ.db

What do you think about LINQPad? Are there similar tools that I should know of?

Cheers
Andreas