Microsoft Programming LINQ in .NET Framework 4 675pages software manual

Programming Microsoft LINQ in Microsoft.NET Framework 4 uided by data-access experts who've worked in depth with LINQ and the Microsoft development teams, you'll learn how .NET Framework 4 implements LING, and how to exploit it. Clear examples show you how to deliver your own data-access solutions faster and with leaner code.
Targets .NET developers with a good knowledge of Microsoft .NET 2.0 or 3.x who are wondering whether to upgrade their expertise to Microsoft .NET 4.0.

With LINQ, you can query data from a variety of sources, including databases, objects, and XML files, directly from Microsoft Visual Basic or C#.

Guided by data-access experts who've worked in depth with LINQ and the Microsoft development teams, you'll learn how .NET Framework 4 implements LINQ, and how to exploit it. Clear examples show you how to deliver your own data-access solutions faster and with leaner code.

Discover how to:
- Use LINQ to query databases, object collections, arrays, XML, Microsoft Excel files, & other sources;
- Apply LINQ best practices to build data-enabled .NET applications & services; - Manipulate data in a relational database with ADO.NET Entity Framework or LINQ to SQL;
- Read, write, and manage XML content more efficiently with LINQ to XML;
- Extend LINQ to support additional data sources by creating custom operators & providers;
- Examine other implementations, such as LINQ to SharePoint;
- Use LINQ within the data, business, and service layers of a distributed application;
- Get code samples on the Web.