Scott Cate blogged about LINQPad today, and I must note what a great idea this tool is.  In effect, LINQPad is SQL Query Analyzer (a.k.a. SQL Server Management Studio [SSMS]) for LINQ queries.

This tool is to accompany O'Reilly's C# 3.0 in a Nutshell written by Joseph and Ben Albahari.  Not only is it a wonderful tool to debug your LINQ queries, but it comes loaded with 200 examples from the book which is great for beginning in LINQ.

The product is free, so if you are a .NET developer, download LINQPad today.  Do not pass go.

As an interesting experiment, Joseph Albarahi suggests replacing your shortcut to SQL Management Studio with a shortcut to LINQPad.  According to Joseph, "at the end of [a] week, you will actually think in LINQ, rather than thinking in SQL and translating to LINQ."  IMHO, you won't be able to completely do without SSMS as LINQPad doesn't offer table management tools, but LINQPad certainly could sit right next to SSMS.