Manning LINQ in Action Jan 2008 eBook BBL

LINQ in Action (c) by Manning Publications

The type of the release is: eBook

In the PDF format with ISBN: 1933988169 and Pub Date: January 15, 2008

The size of the release is: 03 disks x 2.88mb

And released on: 01/22/2008

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.

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