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LINQ to Objects (and Everything)

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2 Jul 2008

The most hyped new feature in Visual Studio 2008 is LINQ, which stands for Language INtegrated Queries. It's awesome, and you'll be using it to talk

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The most hyped new feature in Visual Studio 2008 is LINQ, which stands for Language INtegrated Queries. It's awesome, and you'll be using it to talk to SQL, Objects and everything in between. Specifically to LINQ to Objects, this mechanism has the ability to query anything that implements IEnumerable<T>, which is a nice feature because it allows for creating complex logic to search collections by.

Blogs/Articles

LINQ to Objects - 5 minute overview as well as the main page on LINQ to Objects. This site has a wealth of good information about LINQ and it's also organized in wiki format so bonus points to them.
Introduction to LINQ - Excellent multipart series beginning with LINQ to objects.
Good beginner's commentary from David Seruyange on LINQ
Fabrice Marguerie's Blog - The author of LINQ In Action and all around smart guy.
How LINQ to objects queries work - Excellent explanation using breakpoints for context.
Taking LINQ to objects to extremes - Want your brain to explode? Check out this post from LukeH. This example definitely shows how far you could take LINQ.
LINQ in Action - The official blog of the book and a great source for, ahem, source.

Have fun!

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