Linq Programming

Take your LINQ programming skills to the top tier

Resolve data format impedance mismatch with guidance from a C# expert and Microsoft MVP. LINQ Programming details cutting-edge techniques to effectively assimilate XML, SQL, ADO.NET, and unstructured data sources. Build powerful LINQ queries, handle hierarchical and relational data, use lambdas and expression trees, and develop multi-threaded applications. Get proven strategies for handling conflicts and exceptions and creating custom extension methods. Additionally, you'll learn how to create your own LINQ provider through a working example, LINQ to Twitter.

• Filter, order, and group code using LINQ to Objects
• Query relational and unstructured data with LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML
• Work with ADO.NET through LINQ to DataSet
• Deploy object-oriented programming techniques and LINQ to Entities
• Read, manipulate, and create C#-based XML documents
• Generate DBML and external mapping files with SqlMetal
• Create custom lambdas, expressions, providers, and extensions
• Support concurrent processing and multi-threading using PLINQ
• Build a custom LINQ provider for working with any data source

Table of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I - LINQ Essentials
Chapter 1 - Introduction to LINQ
Chapter 2 - Using LINQ to Objects
Chapter 3 - Handling LINQ to SQL with Visual Studio
Part II - LINQ to any Data Source
Chapter 4 - Working with ADO.NET through LINQ to DataSet
Chapter 5 - Programming Objects with LINQ to Entities
Chapter 6 - Managing Hierarchical Data with LINQ to XML
Chapter 7 - Automatically Generating LINQ to SQL Code with SqlMetal
Part III - Extending LINQ
Chapter 8 - Digging Into Expression Trees and Lambdas
Chapter 9 - Constructing New Code with Extension Methods
Chapter 10 - Building a Custom LINQ Provider--Introducing LINQ to Twitter
Chapter 11 - Designing Applications with LINQ
Chapter 12 - Concurrent Programming with Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)
Appendix A - Standard Query Operator Reference
Index