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ASP.NET Data Access Technologies, an Introduction to LINQ
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by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner)

LINQ is the ASP.NET developers preferred Data Access Mechanism. This video is an introduction to programming with LINQ and compares simple data access between ADO.NET and LINQ from a developer experience perspective.

[▶ Watch video (37 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/aspnet-data-access-technologies-an-introduction-to-linq)