Expert to Expert: Erik Meijer and Bart De Smet - LINQ-to-Anything

Posted By: Charles | Oct 15th, 2008 @ 8:31 AM | 64,580 Views | 14 Comments
Welcome to the 100th episode of Going Deep! It's been a great ride so far and I hope you've been enjoying the show over the years. For this momentous occasion, meet Bart de Smet, a software engineer extraordinaire on the WPF team who spends his free time blogging (what an incredible wealth of truly useful technical information to be found on Bart's blog!) and creating custom LINQ providers. In fact, Bart is probably the world's most prolific LINQ provider creator, from LINQ-to-MSI to LINQ-to-Simpsons! How does he do it???

Of course, in this special episode who better to have involved in this LINQ'ified conversation (with lots of whiteboarding) than LINQ co-creator, programming languages designer, fundamentalist functional programming high priest and Channel 9 star Erik Meijer? In fact, given that this is an Expert to Expert Going Deep, Erik co-conducts the interview (and he's great at it as usual!). Nothing better than watching and listening to two experts geeking out at a whiteboard!

What makes LINQ so readily "providable"? How does Bart concoct his LINQ provider magic? Here, we dig into the details that enable LINQ-to-Anything.

Tune in. There's a lot of very useful technical information here (which I hope is the case for all 100 Going Deep episodes).

Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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#Oct 15th, 2008 @ 8:36 AM
dot_tom
dot_tom
Awesome video Charles. I've said it before, it's the combination of MS dev tools and Channel 9 that keeps me such a rabidly enthusiastic Windows developer. Roll on GD#200!
#Oct 15th, 2008 @ 10:14 AM
PatB
PatB
As usual... great post !

Thank you so much with your great work...  Learned a lot from your previous videos Charles, hopefully there will be many many more to come !

#Oct 15th, 2008 @ 10:32 AM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change

Thanks all! I appreciate the kind words.

You can bet that I will be making more Going Deeps this year! Inside C#, Windows 7 and much more. Stay tuned.

Keep on watching,

C

#Oct 15th, 2008 @ 10:46 PM
John Melville-- MD
John Melville-- MD
Equality Through Technology
Congratulations, Charles, on your 100th going deep.

I vividly remember the first (filter manager with Mr. Christensen) and the little snippet that "we are going to do more of these."  Going deep has rapidly become my favorite show on Channel 9.  Even if I am less than interested in the instant topic, it is fun to hear smart, passonate people talk about their technology.

Congrats on your 100th show.  Can't wait to hear you say "lets talk about it" again.
#Oct 16th, 2008 @ 2:56 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Love the shirt Erik Wink
#Oct 16th, 2008 @ 4:08 AM
aL_
aL_
Rx ftw
awsome stuff, erik is always alot of fun Smiley congrats on the 100th episode Big Smile

bart is awsome too , that linq-to-simpsons stuff is some dark magic man.. Wink
#Oct 16th, 2008 @ 4:49 AM
aL_
aL_
Rx ftw
the c9 halloween lanters are awsome btw Wink
#Oct 18th, 2008 @ 2:50 AM
Apogeum
Apogeum
"It's a different camel!" Erik Meijer

I love that man!

And you too Charles!

What a great interview. I'd love to see more of Powershell by the way!
Maybe Jeffery Snover could do a few more videos? (hint-e-di-hint-hint)
#Oct 18th, 2008 @ 8:02 AM
KubuS
KubuS

The comparison of lazy evaluation to washing dishes just rocks! Big Smile

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