From the course: LINQPad Essential Training

Install LINQPad - LINQ Tutorial

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Install LINQPad

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- This is the LINQpad course, and that means if you want to follow along with my examples, or you would like to explore the features of LINQpad, you need to install it on your computer. So let's look at how to do that in this video, and we'll also talk about the 2 major versions of LINQpad that you can get at the moment. I've got them both installed and running on my computer. On the left side of the screen is LINQpad 6. This is the version we're using for the course. On the right side of my screen is LINQpad 5. And as you can see they're both running side-by-side. So which do you pick? Well, LINQpad 6 is the newer version, and it supports the newer versions of the .NET Core and languages, like C# 8. So that's the one you want to pick if you want to work with those newer features. That's the one I'm using for the course. We'll maximize this window. And then I'll go to the help menu. We'll talk about the additions you can get. So I have LINQpad 6, there are multiple additions. You can install the free version, but there's also paid versions. I'm working with the Premium Edition, and that gives me some extra features, like it provides better auto-completion and IntelliSense, and many other features. So you make the decision of which one you want to use. But for most of the examples you can work with the free version. You can get it on their website which is here at linqpad.net. I'm over on their website now and you click on the download section, and then click on "Download LINQpad 6". As you can see it is an executable, so once it's downloaded to your computer all you need to do is run the executable, step through their prompts, and after a few minutes you'll have LINQpad available. Let's talk briefly about the additions over here in the purchase section. As I said I'm using the Premium Edition. Here's the features that are in the free edition. And then you can see this grid of all the extra features. And then you can see the price for the editions at the bottom of the page. Of course, these prices could change based on your currency and on the time that you watch this video. So now, once you've got your copy installed on your computer, we're ready to explore the LINQpad interface.

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