Visual Basic® 2010 Unleashed

Chapter 24. LINQ to Objects

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introducing LINQ to Objects

• Querying in Memory Objects

• Introducing Standard Query Operators

LINQ changes the way you write code. This is something that you will often hear when talking about LINQ. It provides the ability of querying different data sources taking advantage of the same syntax, background compiler, IntelliSense, and CLR control with its intuitive programming model. LINQ’s syntax is so straightforward that you become familiar with the technology quickly. In this chapter you learn about LINQ to Objects, which is the starting point of every LINQ discussion. You see how easy querying .NET objects is, such as in-memory collections, and you see in the next chapters how basically you ...