robbi said
I question the value of the previous reviews. The review of Sept. 18 does not convince me the reviewer ever read the book.
The book starts off decently with an introduction to concepts related to LINQ. Then it falls off sharply when the author attempts to explain key words and the underlying logic of LINQ queries.
The table of contents has to be taken as a statement of intent. The chapters on LINQ for Objects are disappointing -- bulky examples without much analysis or explanation of LINQ syntax.
It all gets a bit rambling as the author, or editor if there was one, loses sight of the goal, which should be to instruct.
I give it 4 stars because it is no worse than some other books I've read.
Gregory J. Fequiere said
I purhased that book a couple weeks ago, and man, I love it so much. The author has done an execellent job in explaining the subject. If you really serious about learning Microsoft Language Integrated Query (LINQ), I highly recommend that you buy that book and let the journey begins.
Arne Garvander said
I higly recommend this book. It is easy to read and keeps you interested.
It is the first book that tries to describe the Entity Framework in one of its chapters.
The author gives a thorough description of hundreds of ways to make a select statement. Update, insert, and delete are described in very few paragraphs which seems a little bit thin.
Techie Evan said
One of the author's stated goals for this book was to make learning LINQ interesting. I believe he succeeded. Whenever he had a chance to use less mundane examples to illustrate LINQ applications, he did so. This is also the first published book on LINQ that had interesting chapters on LINQ to XML.
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