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- The first Visual Basic edition of Apress' market-leading Pro LINQ title
- Created specifically for the VB audience and tailored to the VB language's LINQ functionality
- Revised by Joeseph C. Rattz, Jr., the author of our market-leading C# edition, with the assistance of Dennis Hayes, a Visual Basic specialist
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in VB.NET 2008
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LINQ to Objects
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LINQ to XML
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LINQ to DataSet
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LINQ to SQL
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About this book
LINQ is the project name for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that provide a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. LINQ made its debut in Visual Studio 2008, and became a must–have skill for .NET developers. For more information about LINQ, you can check out www.linqdev.com.
Starting with code and ending with code and tailored for the VB language, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in VB 2008 is a veritable treasury of LINQ examples that will save you hours, even days, of research time. Keeping you focused on the relevant LINQ principles, expert author Joseph Rattz, Jr., and VB specialist Dennis Hayes provide examples for complex models that you won't find anywhere else.
In most books, you'll find plenty of simple examples to demonstrate how to use a method, but authors rarely show how to use the more complex prototypes. Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in VB 2008 is different. Demonstrating the overwhelming majority of LINQ operators and protoypes, Joseph Rattz, Jr., and Dennis Hayes condense their extensive experience and expertise into a desk companion that is essential for any serious .NET professional.
Rather than obscure the relevant LINQ principles in code examples by focusing on a demonstration application you have no interest in writing, this book cuts right to the chase of each LINQ operator, method, or class. However, where complexity is necessary to truly demonstrate an issue, the examples are right there in the thick of it. For example, code samples demonstrating how to handle concurrency conflicts actually create concurrency conflicts so you can step through the code and see them unfold.
Most books tell you about the simple stuff, while few books warn you of the pitfalls. Where Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in VB 2008 returns your investment is in the hours, andsometimes days, spent by the authors determining why something may not work as expected. Sometimes this results in an innocent–looking paragraph that may take you a minute to read and understand, but took days to research and explain.
Face it, most technical books while informative, are dull. LINQ need not be dull. Written with a sense of humor, this book will attempt to entertain you on your journey through the wonderland of LINQ and VB 2008.
About the authors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pro LINQ in VB8
Book Subtitle: Language Integrated Query in VB 2008
Authors: Joseph C. Rattz, Dennis Hayes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1645-2
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Joseph Rattz and Dennis Hayes 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-1644-5Published: 10 August 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-1645-2Published: 01 January 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 744
Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems