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If you’ve asked yourself “Why can’t I develop database and XML queries in a language I already know?”, then Language INtegrated Query, or LINQ, is for you. LINQ For Dummies introduces you to LINQ and the .NET Framework technologies, so you can use LINQ to query any object, any data set, any kind of XML, and SQL Server—no questions asked.

This plain-English guide gives you a thorough overview of LINQ, from understanding the tasks it performs to making LINQ work with both Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2005. It explains the four LINQ providers in the .NET Framework, the easiest ways to go about accessing data, and how to write more efficient applications with less code using LINQ. There’s also clear guidance on combining third-party providers with LINQ to create even more powerful apps. With this single, comprehensive guide, you’ll discover how to:

Use one query language with all Microsoft languages
Examine .NET language extensions and work with extension methods, partial methods, lambda expressions, and query expressions
LINQ to DataSet operators, SQL server operations, XML API, or Active Directory
Deal with databases — download and install the Northwind database, generate Northwind entity classes, and create the Northwind XML mapping file
Create the partial class example, the partial method example, and the database modification example
Use objects with LINQ
Query databases in Visual Basic and C#

As an added bonus, you can visit the companion Web site for LINQ examples in C# and Visual Basic. With LINQ For Dummies, you’ll link up with LINQ in no time and see how you can query almost anything!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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978-0470277942
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1st
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For Dummies
Publication date

Aug. 26 2008
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English
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Link up with LINQ and see how you can query almost anything!

So you're the inquisitive type? LINQ answers your biggest query — "Why can't I develop database and XML queries in a language I already know?" This book introduces you to LINQ and the .NET Framework technologies, so you can use LINQ to query any object, any dataset, any kind of XML, SQL Server, and more — no questions asked.

Connect with LINQ — understand the tasks LINQ performs, declarative programming, and how to use LINQ in the real world
Extend yourself — examine .NET language extensions and work with extension methods, partial methods, lambda expressions, and query expressions
Choose your language — work with LINQ using C# along with Visual Basic® or Visual Studio®
LINQ up — LINQ to DataSet operators, SQL server operations, XML API, or Active Directory®
Deal with databases — download and install the Northwind database, generate Northwind entity classes, and create the Northwind XML mapping file

Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/linqfd for all the source code you need

Open the book and find:

How LINQ lets you create more efficient applications with less code
An overview of the LINQ namespaces
What to do with expression trees
The four LINQ providers in .NET Framework
How to use objects with LINQ
What LINQ can do for the Visual Studio developer
Techniques for getting information about your applications
The easiest ways to access data

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From the Back Cover

Link up with LINQ and see how you can query almost anything!

So you're the inquisitive type? LINQ answers your biggest query — "Why can't I develop database and XML queries in a language I already know?" This book introduces you to LINQ and the .NET Framework technologies, so you can use LINQ to query any object, any dataset, any kind of XML, SQL Server, and more — no questions asked.

Connect with LINQ — understand the tasks LINQ performs, declarative programming, and how to use LINQ in the real world
Extend yourself — examine .NET language extensions and work with extension methods, partial methods, lambda expressions, and query expressions
Choose your language — work with LINQ using C# along with Visual Basic® or Visual Studio®
LINQ up — LINQ to DataSet operators, SQL server operations, XML API, or Active Directory®
Deal with databases — download and install the Northwind database, generate Northwind entity classes, and create the Northwind XML mapping file

Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/linqfd for all the source code you need

Open the book and find:

How LINQ lets you create more efficient applications with less code
An overview of the LINQ namespaces
What to do with expression trees
The four LINQ providers in .NET Framework
How to use objects with LINQ
What LINQ can do for the Visual Studio developer
Techniques for getting information about your applications
The easiest ways to access data

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001EW52VA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 1st edition (Aug. 26 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2117 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 490 pages

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John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 117 books and over 600 articles to date. He has also written his second children's book recently, Tail of the Wuggly Bump. His technical topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads down programming. His most recent book is "Machine Learning for Dummies, 2nd Edition." His technical editing skills have helped over 70 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. You can reach John on the Internet at John@JohnMuellerBooks.com and his Web site at: http://www.johnmuellerbooks.com. Make sure to read his blog at http://blog.johnmuellerbooks.com to obtain the latest book information, updates, and extra materials.

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A good introduction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 28, 2009

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I would probably really give this about 4 1/2 if amazon would let me.

Firstly - only use this book if you are capable of understanding basic C#. As a VB programmer with a little C# experience i was able to pick it up quite easily though. If you have no experience and have just picked up on the LINQ buzzword, make sure you learn a basic level of C#.NET before touching this book.

The book is generally very well written and is about what you would expect from a dummies book. Having finished it, i am not an expert, but have a good foundation knowledge for using it in the real world. LINQ is a vast topic and it provides a good overview of a number of uses.

It would have been nice to see a bit more LINQ to SQL, but LINQ has more broad ranging capabilities than that, and the author does a good job of showing its potential.

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A very good readable textbook.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 24, 2016

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This is one of the great text books, it's up there with Sykes' Organic Chemistry. Every other course I've taken gets sidetracked by how .Net has been twisted to accommodate the syntax. This starts from the point of view of what you can do with it. The style is also easily readable and clear.

Robin T. Wernick

Still cloudy, but with high probability of clear skies ahead

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2010

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The dummies book series has been one of my favorite "clear away the confusion" book series. Admittedly Linq is a troublesome subject, but I have to say this book is a fair introduction to the subject area. Linq is one of the important emerging areas of abstraction in the .NET languages along with Parallel programming, ADO.NET 4, and WCF. Most books on Linq leave you still confused and uncertain after reading them. Here the opposite is true, you are left with the feeling of understanding the subject and that the clouds of confusion are clearing away.

Abstraction allows computer language to better match the way we think which is in concepts. Linq allows us to conceptualize the extraction and insertion process with common language operations that have to do with communications. Linq has four basic parts, to objects, to XML, to SQL Server, and to Entity Framework. Entity Framwork linqs are not covered in this book.

When I first started looking into Linq last year I was specifically concerned with Linq to SQL Server because I thought that this was the real strength of the Linq language extension. However, I came to realize that there were far more incidents that benefit from Linq to objects than anything else. I have studied Linq to Entities hoping that other databases could be brought into the common usage area that .NET is developing and ran into an enourmous ammount of study and planning to make it work. So, I have learned to focus on Linq with objects as the most practical useage for Linq.

This book not only does a fine job of introducing Linq, but goes on to show how it can work with Microsoft Office, COM objects, Active Directory, and Datasets. There is a wide diversity of operations that should serve the reader well no matter what areas of language development interest him.

Unusually good for a book of this order are the last two sections which focus on the best use of planning and strategy to make Linq as useful as possible. Take a step back and abstract the entire process of Linq and your programs will take a step or two upward in quality and manageability.

I am giving this book five stars for a beautiful and comprehensive introduction to Linq. No matter that I have three other books that give deeper and more thourough development of this subject, I still return to this book for inspiration.

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Paul McGhee

You're a dummy if you think you're going to learn anything.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2017

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Boy am I a dummy for buying this... The main problem -- and it's a serious one -- is that the author should show the input data sets and the resulting data sets for any LINQ queries. It's not complicated. We need to see what various query components actually do. It's hard when you have to guess. Now maybe you're supposed to download some code from somewhere and run it in the debugger, I don't know. If I have to do that then why buy a book?

Joseph M. Morgan

Pretty good starter book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2009

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Like most of the books in the Dummies series, this one has a light-hearded tone. It makes the topic of LINQ pretty clear. I was dead-new to the material, so the fact that I could follow and understand the examples means it is doing its job.

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