Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008

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Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 is different as it demonstrates the overwhelming majority of LINQ operators and prototypes. It is a veritable treasury of LINQ examples. The book cuts right to the chase of each LINQ operator, method, or class. About The Author Joseph C. Rattz, Jr., unknowingly began his career in software development in 1990 when a friend asked him for assistance writing an ANSI text editor named ANSI Master for the Commodore Amiga. A hangman game (The Gallows) soon followed. From these compiled Basic programs, he moved on to programming in C for more speed and power. Joe then developed applications that were sold to Jump Disk, an Amiga disk magazine, as well as Amiga World magazine. Due to developing in a small town on a fairly isolated platform, Joe learned all the wrong ways to write code. It was while trying to upgrade his poorly written applications that he gained respect for the importance of easily maintainable code. It was love at first sight when Joe spotted a source-level debugger in use for the first time. Two years later, Joe obtained his first software development opportunity at Policy Management Systems Corporation as an entry-level programmer developing a client/server insurance application for OS/2 and Presentation Manager. Through the years, he added C++, Unix, Java, ASP, ASP.NET, C#, HTML, DHTML, and XML to his skill set while developing applications for SCT, DocuCorp, IBM and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, CheckFree, NCR, EDS, Delta Technology, Radiant Systems, and the Genuine Parts Company. Joe enjoys the creative aspects of user interface design, and he appreciates the discipline necessary for server-side development. But, given his druthers, his favorite development pastime is debugging code. Joe can be found working for the Genuine Parts Company-the parent company of NAPA-in the Automotive Parts Group Information Systems department, where he works on his baby, the Storefront web site. This site for NAPA provides the stores a view into their accounts and data on a network of AS/400s. Table Of Contents Part I Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query In C# 2008 Chapter 1 Hello LINQ Chapter 2 C# 3.0 Language Enhancements for LINQ Part II LINQ To Objects Chapter 3 LINQ to Objects Introduction Chapter 4 Deferred Operators Chapter 5 Non deferred Operators Part III LINQ To XML Chapter 6 LINQ to XML Introduction Chapter 7 The LINQ to XML API Chapter 8 LINQ to XML Operators Chapter 9 Additional XML Capabilities Part IV - LINQ To Dataset Chapter 10 LINQ to DataSet Operators Chapter11 Additional DataSet Capabilities Part V - LINQ To SQL Chapter 12 LINQ to SQL Introduction Chapter 13 LINQ to SQL Tips and Tools Chapter 14 LINQ to SQL Database Operations Chapter 15 LINQ to SQL Entity Classes Chapter 16 The DataContext Chapter 17 Concurrency Conflicts Chapter 18 Additional SQL Capabilities