By Fabrice Marguerie, Steve Eichert, Jim Wooley "LINQ in Action"
Publisher:Manning Publications | 600 p. | 2008-01-15 | ISBN:1933988169 | 7.6MB | PDF
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.
