Linq Pocket Reference: Learn and Implement Linq for .Net Applications

First off, ONE of the major things Microsoft dropped the ball on was it's omission of LINQ in later version of .Net. That and now they're being a bit foolish by eliminating DirectX.As a former government employee, where resources are surprisingly sparse (I am STILL owed a great deal of money by the same organization Snowden used to work for), finding a GREAT way to come up to speed with LINQ was imperative, and the documentation usually sucked or was few and far between.O"Reilly is my ole faithful - providing GREAT resources at minimal costs, and they delivered magnificently with this book, by providing a wonderful resource with examples on how to use LINQ, as rapidly as possible.HIGHLY suggested!

This was much more than what is advertised. Ordering a Pocket Reference, I suspected little more than a handy syntactical reference. The reality is that the beginning of the book has a very nice, insightful exposition on LINQ. I had used LINQ for a year+ before purchasing the book, so I had some background in the material. However that exposition revealed bits of the underlying design and architecture that I couldn't have guessed at. This was one of the more pleasantly surprising purchases I've made over the past year.

This book helped LINQ 'click' in my head. Today, I use LINQ a lot-- it's a handy way to process a collection of items, inspect XML, or execute SQL. I use LINQ a lot for processing collections of items for various things, including databinding in WPF or ASP.NET. This book helps me remember little syntactic things here and there. When I first got the book, it was open constantly. Today-- it has taught me well enough that I always feel comfortable using LINQ expressions in my code.

This is a perfect reference to have with you as a developer. It is small and packed with LINQ knowledge.

This book sets the bar for how technical books should be written. How they can explain so well a fairly complex technlogy with so few words is beyond me, especially considering the other tech books I have on my workshelf which contain enough wood pulp to fill a box car.

its a Good book for a quick reference for Linq concepts.

Good resource for looking up LINQ syntax on the fly

It was useful for me!, I recommend it

The product description for the Kindle edition says it is from April 2013. Yet reading through it, it seems to be the same text as that released in Feb 2008 in the paper edition. The text which related to C# 3 , when we are now on C# 5I am sure it is as technically excellent as the reviews say and another good book by the Albaharis, but the text is now almost 6 year old. Some may tell me that LINQ has not changed in that time. I do not know if that is true. But understanding of how to use it and its most useful features certainly will have.I would not have bought it if I had known and returned it through Kindle as soon as I understood how dated it was. I await the updated book, in paper or preferably Kindle, which seems the ideal medium for such a reference.

I bought this thinking that it would help me get to grips with LINQ, which it has (yay!)Then opened up my C# reference guide to find I already had all the text in there! (doh!)But it is great to have a smaller guide to make notes in.There are more detailed books on implementation out there, but this is a good starting point.

Albahari brothers know all about C#. I thought I knew everything about linq, but no. This book gave me a new perspective about the differences between comprehension and lambda syntax. Small and practical to carry, it was my best friend for a few days...

This book is excellent, it is quick and to the point. The diagrams in it are good to present the material concisely.Read it cover to cover once, now it's always on my desk for reference and use it whenever I'm doing something fruity with LINQ.

I love this book for Reference on how to write good linq