Ebook: LINQ Succinctly

Morrisville: Syncfusion Inc, 2015. — 114 p.At a high level, there are number of benefits that may be gained by using LINQ (Language Integrated Query), including:
Reduce the amount of code that needs writing.
A better understanding of the intent of what the code is doing.
Once learned, can use a similar set of LINQ query knowledge against different data
sources (in-memory objects, or remote sources such as SQL Server or even Twitter.)
Queries can be composed together and built up in stages.
Queries offer the safety of compile-time type checking.
Essentially, LINQ enables queries to be treated as first-class citizens in C# and Visual Basic.Contents:
LINQ Fundamentals
Why LINQ?
The building blocks of LINQ
Scalar return values and output sequences
Deferred execution
Lambda expressions in query operators
Local and interpreted queries
Fluent and Query Expression Styles
Fluent style
Chained query operators
Query expression style
Range variables
Other query expression syntax
Using the different styles
Advantages of the different styles
Mixing the styles in a single query