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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  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.Junk. Very Disapponted in Mapping publications,,
November 21, 2009 I read alot of Manning books, and was looking forward to reading this book. It said C# and VB. Very little VB. It said in action. Very little. You can see what section each writer wrote. For example, the section on Extending Linq began with brief definitions of each of the flavors, as if the section was written outside the context of the book. The examples used in this section could have been methods defined in the class definition. Hardly worth its value. The section on XML was weak. Very few methods were displayed. I had to go on the internet to get an understanding on how to add elements to an existing document. I returned my copy to the store the next day. The poorest Manning book I ever read. Light on LINQ to SQL,
September 14, 2009
If you need to use LINQ to SQL at your job, go for Pro LINQ from Apress. Beware the 2nd edition of Pro LINQ is coming out pretty soon.
PS. I am not in any way associated with Apress or the author of Pro LINQ.
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