LINQ in Action - THE LINQ book

January 2008 - Posts

• LINQ in Action final PDF ebook available!

  The PDF of our LINQ book has been finalized! You can buy it on Manning's website for $27.50. There, you'll also find the following documents: About This Book Table of Contents Preface Foreword Index We also have sample and bonus chapters awaiting you Read More... Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 2:05 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 5 Comments

• LINQ in Action preface

  Here is the preface I wrote for LINQ in Action : I chose software development as the way to make a living mainly because it’s a technology that is constantly evolving. There’s always something new to learn. No chance of getting bored in this line of work! Read More... Posted Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:56 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Query syntax vs. Method syntax

  In the official LINQ forum , someone asked whether it's better to use query syntax (query expression) or method syntax (dot notation). My answer is that it's mostly a matter of tastes and it depends on the query. If I'm writing a query that uses many Read More... Posted Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:51 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 1 Comments

• Getting really close now

  Book sent to the printer! Yeah! Read More... Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:11 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 5 Comments

• LINQ sessions during TechDays France 2008

  From February 11 to 13 will take place the Microsoft TechDays France 2008 . It will be the main Microsoft event of the year in France, with no less than 280 sessions. LINQ will be one of the major subjects covered this year: seven sessions will be related Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:10 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Randomizing LINQ to SQL queries

  Yesterday, a developer asked in the LINQ in Action forum and in Microsoft's official LINQ forum how to write a LINQ to SQL query that would return random records from the database. It's not something built-in. There is no Random query operator provided Read More... Posted Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:16 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments