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LINQ in Action
LINQ in Action is a fast-paced, comprehensive tutorial for professional developers who want to use LINQ. This book explores what can be done with LINQ, shows you 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 9.0 languages. A running
example introduces basic LINQ concepts. Readers then learn to query unstructured data using LINQ to XML and relational data with LINQ to SQL. Finally, the book shows how to extend LINQ for custom applications. The book is very practical, anchoring each new idea with running code.
CONTENTS:
Part 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introducing LINQ
Chapter 2: C# and VB.NET language enhancements
Chapter 3: LINQ building blocks
Part 2: Querying Objects In Memory
Chapter 4: Getting familiar with LINQ to Objects
Chapter 5: Beyond basic in-memory queries
Part 3: Querying Relational Data
Chapter 6: Getting started with LINQ to SQL
Chapter 7: Peeking under the covers of LINQ to SQL
Chapter 8: Advanced LINQ to SQL features
Part 4: Manipulating XML
Chapter 9: Inttroducing LINQ to XML
Chapter 10: Query and transform XML with LINQ to XML
Chapter 11: Common LINQ to XML scenarios
Part 5: LINQing It All Together
Chapter 12: Extending LINQ
Chapter 13: LINQ in every layer
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