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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Can't say I've really read this book, since I use it more like a reference. ( ) I just finished the book LINQ In Action. All I can say is wow. There is so much to cover with this technology and this book does a very good job of doing just that. The book starts off with the origins and goals of LINQ then jumps right in with how to use and extend it. Most if not all aspects of LINQ to Objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML are all covered very well. The examples are easy to follow and understand which is important for me as I tend to learn from replicating the samples. Most of the code snippets are in C#, but there are some VB.NET samples as well (where XML Literals are discussed). The level of the book ranged from fairly easy to understand to advanced topics. In my opinion, just about every level of developer should learn something from this book. The parts I did not understand will come later as I will be referencing this book for the foreseeable future. no reviews | add a review
LINQ, 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 and above. No library descriptions found. |
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