C# driver version 1.5 released

[sridhar]

Version 1.5 of the .Net/C# driver is now available.

This is a major release featuring Typed Builders, enhanced LINQ support, and serialization of custom collections. The LINQ

functionality is now tested from VB.

The release notes are available online at: 

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/blob/master/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%20v1.5.md

The JIRA issues fixed by this release can be viewed at: 

https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10041&version=10593

The .Net/C# driver is available for download in source or binary form (.msi installer or .zip file) from: 

http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver

http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/downloads

Note: if you download the zip file, depending on how you unzip the file you may need to "Unblock" the help file. You can do so by right clicking on the "CSharpDriverDocs.chm" file and selecting Properties, and then clicking on the "Unblock" button. You will need to "Unblock" the help file if you see the message "Navigation to webpage was canceled" where the help text would normally appear.

The .Net/C# driver is also available on NuGet at: 

http://www.nuget.org/List/Packages/mongocsharpdriver

Online documentation is available at: 

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/CSharp+Language+Center

The online API reference documentation is available at: 

http://api.mongodb.org/csharp/

Bugs and suggestions can be submitted at: 

http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CSHARP

Questions can be posted on the mongodb-user group: 

http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user

We monitor this group and will be happy to answer any questions you post here.

-Sridhar