“How Do I?” Videos — Data Platform Development

On this page you will find videos designed for all developers who access and/or manipulate data, from the novice to the professional. New Videos are added regularly, so check back often.

This Week's Featured Videos

How Do I: Getting Started with ADO.NET Data Services over a Relational Database

In this introductory video, Mike Flasko will show you how to build a simple ADO.NET Data Service over a Relational Database using the Entity Framework.

Presented By Mike Flasko [http://blogs.msdn.com/mflasko]

Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds

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ADO.NET Data Services Series

How Do I: Getting Started with ADO.NET Data Services over a Relational Database?
(11 minutes 18 seconds)

How Do I: Getting Started with ADO.NET Data Services over a Non-Relational Data Source
(10 minutes 44 seconds)

How Do I: Consuming an ADO.NET Data Service in a Silverlight Application
(11 minutes 41 seconds)

How Do I: Consume an ADO.NET Data Service in a .NET Application
(13 minutes 19 seconds)

Entity Framework Series

This how-to video series is focused on the new ADO.NET Entity Framework. The Entity Framework is the evolution of ADO.NET that allows developers to program in terms of the standard ADO.NET abstraction or in terms of persistent objects (ORM) and is built upon the standard ADO.NET Provider model which allows access to third party databases. The Entity Framework introduces a new set of services around the Entity Data Model (EDM) (a medium for defining domain models for an application).

How Do I: Use the Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities for Query and Update?
(11 minutes 44 seconds)

How Do I: Learn to use LINQ to Entities?
(10 minutes 24 seconds)

How Do I Use the New Entity Data Source?
(11 minutes, 31 seconds)

How Do I Get Started with the EDM Wizard?
(4 minutes, 1 seconds)

How Do I: Get Started with the Entity Framework?
(9 minutes, 21 seconds)

How Do I Serialize a Graph with the Entity Framework?
(4 minutes, 37 seconds)

How Do I Use Entity Client?
(13 minutes, 48 seconds)

How Do I: Model Table per Type Inheritance with the Entity Framework Tools?
(5 minutes 10 seconds)

How Do I: Model Table per Hierarchy Inheritance with the Entity Framework Tools?
(7 minutes 43 seconds)

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Series

This how-to video series is focused on the new LINQ language features included in Visual Studio 2008. LINQ stands for Language Integrated Query, and it enables you to write queries over things like objects, databases, and XML in a standard way using new language syntax. Learn how to use this productive new language feature in your programs.

How Do I: LINQ over DataSets?
(9 minutes, 48 seconds)

How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to SQL?
(10 minutes, 52 seconds)

How Do I: Create a One-To-Many Form using LINQ to SQL?
(12 minutes, 29 seconds)

How Do I: Understand the LINQ to SQL Data Model?
(4 minutes, 3 seconds)

How Do I: Query the Database Using LINQ to SQL?
(6 minutes, 19 seconds)

How Do I: Update the Database Using LINQ to SQL?
(17 minutes, 16 seconds)

How Do I: Use the LinqDataSource Control?
(11 minutes, 25 seconds)

DataSet Series

This how-to video series is focused on the use of DataSet and associated features included in Visual Studio. Learn how to use this great tool in your programs.