LINQPad is a powerful testing tool for all .NET developers that can help them deliver solutions in less time. In Getting the Most from LINQPad Succinctly, returning Succinctly series author José Roberto Olivas Mendoza lays out different ways to extend the functionality built into LINQPad. In this ebook, you’ll learn how to use LINQPad to query Entity Framework models in Visual Studio, how to work with the LINQPad command-line utility, how to write your own extensions and visualizers, and how to write custom data context drivers.

• A Quick Tour of LINQPad

• LINQPad and Entity Framework

• LINQPad Scripting

• LINQPad Extensibility

• Custom Data Context Drivers

internal class Program
{
    private HttpClient _client;
    private Customer _bush, _obama;
    private Phone _whiteHousePhone, _bushMobilePhone, _obamaMobilePhone;
    private HttpResponseMessage _response;

    private static void Main()
    {
        Task t = Run();
        t.Wait();
        Console.WriteLine("\nPress <enter> to continue...");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static async Task Run()
    {
        var program = new Program();
        program.ServiceSetup();
        // do not proceed until clean-up completes
        await program.CleanupAsync();
        program.CreateFirstCustomer();
        // do not proceed until customer is added
        await program.AddCustomerAsync();
        program.CreateSecondCustomer();
        // do not proceed until customer is added
        await program.AddSecondCustomerAsync();
        // do not proceed until customer is removed
        await program.RemoveFirstCustomerAsync();
        // do not proceed until customers are fetched
        await program.FetchCustomersAsync();
    }

    private void ServiceSetup()
    {
        // set up infrastructure for Web API call
        _client = new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:62799/") };
        // add Accept Header to request Web API content negotiation to return resource in JSON format
        _client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue
        ("application/json"));
    }
    private async Task CleanupAsync()
    {
        // call the cleanup method from the service
        _response = await _client.DeleteAsync("api/customer/cleanup/");
    }

    private void CreateFirstCustomer()
    {
        // create customer #1 and two phone numbers
        _bush = new Customer
        {
            Name = "George Bush",
            Company = "Ex President",
            // set tracking state to 'Add' to generate a SQL Insert statement
            TrackingState = TrackingState.Add,
        };
        _whiteHousePhone = new Phone
        {
            Number = "212 222-2222",
            PhoneType = "White House Red Phone",
            // set tracking state to 'Add' to generate a SQL Insert statement
            TrackingState = TrackingState.Add,
        };
        _bushMobilePhone = new Phone
        {
            Number = "212 333-3333",
            PhoneType = "Bush Mobile Phone",
            // set tracking state to 'Add' to generate a SQL Insert statement
            TrackingState = TrackingState.Add,
        };
        _bush.Phones.Add(_whiteHousePhone);
        _bush.Phones.Add(_bushMobilePhone);
    }

    private async Task AddCustomerAsync()
    {
        // construct call to invoke UpdateCustomer action method in Web API service
        _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/customer/updatecustomer/", _bush, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());
        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created customer entity from service, which will include
            // database-generated Ids for all entities
            _bush = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Customer>();
            _whiteHousePhone = _bush.Phones.FirstOrDefault(x => x.CustomerId == _bush.CustomerId);
            _bushMobilePhone = _bush.Phones.FirstOrDefault(x => x.CustomerId == _bush.CustomerId);
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully created Customer {0} and {1} Phone Numbers(s)",
            _bush.Name, _bush.Phones.Count);
            foreach (var phoneType in _bush.Phones)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Added Phone Type: {0}", phoneType.PhoneType);
            }
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)_response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }

    private void CreateSecondCustomer()
    {
        // create customer #2 and phone numbers
        _obama = new Customer
        {
            Name = "Barack Obama",
            Company = "President",
            // set tracking state to 'Add' to generate a SQL Insert statement
            TrackingState = TrackingState.Add,
        };
        _obamaMobilePhone = new Phone
        {
            Number = "212 444-4444",
            PhoneType = "Obama Mobile Phone",
            // set tracking state to 'Add' to generate a SQL Insert statement
            TrackingState = TrackingState.Add,
        };
        // set tracking state to 'Modifed' to generate a SQL Update statement
        _whiteHousePhone.TrackingState = TrackingState.Update;
        _obama.Phones.Add(_obamaMobilePhone);
        _obama.Phones.Add(_whiteHousePhone);
    }

    private async Task AddSecondCustomerAsync()
    {
        // construct call to invoke UpdateCustomer action method in Web API service
        _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/customer/updatecustomer/", _obama, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());
        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created customer entity from service, which will include
            // database-generated Ids for all entities
            _obama = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Customer>();
            _whiteHousePhone = _bush.Phones.FirstOrDefault(x => x.CustomerId == _obama.CustomerId);
            _bushMobilePhone = _bush.Phones.FirstOrDefault(x => x.CustomerId == _obama.CustomerId);
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully created Customer {0} and {1} Phone Numbers(s)",
            _obama.Name, _obama.Phones.Count);
            foreach (var phoneType in _obama.Phones)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Added Phone Type: {0}", phoneType.PhoneType);
            }
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)_response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }

    private async Task RemoveFirstCustomerAsync()
    {
        // remove George Bush from underlying data store.
        // first, fetch George Bush entity, demonstrating a call to the
        // get action method on the service while passing a parameter
        var query = "api/customer/" + _bush.CustomerId;
        _response = _client.GetAsync(query).Result;

        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            _bush = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Customer>();
            // set tracking state to 'Remove' to generate a SQL Delete statement
            _bush.TrackingState = TrackingState.Remove;
            // must also remove bush's mobile number -- must delete child before removing parent
            foreach (var phoneType in _bush.Phones)
            {
                // set tracking state to 'Remove' to generate a SQL Delete statement
                phoneType.TrackingState = TrackingState.Remove;
            }
            // construct call to remove Bush from underlying database table
            _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/customer/updatecustomer/", _bush, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());
            if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Removed {0} from database", _bush.Name);
                foreach (var phoneType in _bush.Phones)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Remove {0} from data store", phoneType.PhoneType);
                }
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)_response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)_response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
        }
    }

    private async Task FetchCustomersAsync()
    {
        // finally, return remaining customers from underlying data store
        _response = await _client.GetAsync("api/customer/");
        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            var customers = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<IEnumerable<Customer>>();
            foreach (var customer in customers)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Customer {0} has {1} Phone Numbers(s)",
                customer.Name, customer.Phones.Count());
                foreach (var phoneType in customer.Phones)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Phone Type: {0}", phoneType.PhoneType);
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)_response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
        }
    }
}