LINQ in Action

LINQ in Action
by Fabrice Marguerie, Steve Eichert, Jim Wooley

LINQ in Action
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Author: Fabrice Marguerie, Jim Wooley, Steve Eichert
Foreword: Matt Warren
Edition: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2008-02-04
ISBN: 1933988169
Number of pages: 600
Publisher: Manning Publications

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Book Review: Excellent Book
Summary: 5 Stars

Of the books that I have been studying on C# and ASP.NET 3.5, this is by far the best. It doesn't cover the same ground as the others, but what it does it does much better. The authors and editors clearly put in a lot of effort to make life easier for the reader. The logic is easy to follow and the language is much better than in the other books. There is an online forum associated with the book, and the authors are very responsive to questions and suggestions. If you are interested in learning LINQ, this book would be a great place to start.

Summary of LINQ in Action

LLINQ, Language INtegrated Query, is a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction. It addreses O/R mapping issues by making query operations like SQL statements part of the programming language. It also offers built-in support for querying in-memory collections like arrays or lists, XML, DataSets, and relational databases.

LINQ in Action is a fast-paced, comprehensive tutorial for professional developers. This book explores what can be done with LINQ, shows how it works in an application, and addresses the emerging best practices. It presents the general purpose query facilities offered by LINQ in the upcoming C# 3.0 and VB.NET 9.0 languages. A running example introduces basic LINQ concepts. You'll then learn to query unstructured data using LINQ to XML and relational data with LINQ to SQL. Finally, you'll see how to extend LINQ for custom applications.

LINQ in Action will guide you along as you explore this new world of lambda expressions, query operators, and expression trees. As well, you'll explore the new features of C# 3.0, VB.NET 9.0. The book is very practical, anchoring each new idea with running code. Whether you want to use LINQ to query objects, XML documents, or relational databases, you will find all the information you need to get started

But LINQ in Action does not stop at the basic code. This book also shows you how LINQ can be used for advanced processing of data, including coverage of LINQ's extensibility, which allows querying more data sources than those supported by default. All code samples are built on a concrete business case. The running example, LinqBooks, is a personal book cataloging system that shows you how to create LINQ applications with Visual Studio 2008.

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