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Fabrice Marguerie, Steve Eichert, and Jim Wooley
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Product Description 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.
Featured Customer Reviews  Not much on Linq,
May 13, 2010 Review of LINQ in Action,
March 16, 2010 A comprehensive and enjoyable Linq resource,
February 14, 2010
The authors delivery, tone, and knowledge result in a book that is actually enjoyable to read. Don't be surprised if find yourself not wanting to put it down. Linq is a relatively new concept and is actually quite simple. The authors know this and make a deliberate effort to get you turned on to the appeal of a language construct that you will enjoy using for years to come.
One bit of advice. The "Linq to SQL" chapters. Linq to SQL may actually be deprecated in the near future in favor of what is now referred to as the "Entity Framework". However, even without the Linq to SQL part, this book remains a valuable introduction to using Linq, and the other areas (Linq to Objects and Linq to XML).
For more information on the Microsoft data access roadmap, refer to:
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Very helpful,
February 06, 2010 We gave this to our son who is a very knowledgeable programmer. He says it has been very helpful and that he is learning a lot from it. Little VB code,
January 19, 2010
Very very little VB code. Very disapointing.
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