"Essential LINQ" book to be published tomorrow
I have been underground for a while - trying to wrap up the LINQ book and working on some exciting stuff for Silverlight. For the latter, my lips are sealed until Mix 209. For the former, it is a different story ...
Last month, I finally finished all the prep work and so did my co-author Charlie Calvert. My editors from Addison Wesley tell me that the book is going to be out tomorrow. Here is the ToC and here is the Amazon listing. I am also adding the ToC to this post.
After Mix, I will have a lot more to say about how we are taking steps in the next interesting area - beyond DALs but I will keep quiet lest I divulge more than I am allowed to.
Dinesh
Table of Contents
Foreword xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
About the Authors xxix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Getting Started 13
Chapter 3 The Essence of LINQ 39
Chapter 4 C# 3.0 Technical Overview 65
Chapter 5 Writing Query Expressions 129
Chapter 6 Query Operators 175
Chapter 7 A Quick Tour of LINQ to SQL 231
Chapter 8 Reading Objects with LINQ to SQL 247
Chapter 9 Modifying Objects with LINQ to SQL 281
Chapter 10 Using Stored Procedures and Database Functions with LINQ to SQL 319
Chapter 11 Customizing Entity Persistence and Adding Business Logic 337
Chapter 12 LINQ to Entities Overview 349
Chapter 13 LINQ to XML: Creation 369
Chapter 14 Querying and Editing XML 387
Chapter 15 XML Namespaces, Transforms, and Schema Validation 423
Chapter 16 Introduction to LINQ Patterns and Practices 465
Chapter 17 LINQ Everywhere 487
Chapter 18 Conclusion 515
Appendix A Tips for Developers 519
Index 547