Morrisville: Syncfusion Inc, 2015. — 114 p.At a high level, there are number of benefits that may be gained by using LINQ (Language Integrated Query), including:Reduce the amount of code that needs writing.A better understanding of the intent of what the code is doing.Once learned, can use a similar set of LINQ query knowledge against different datasources (in-memory objects, or remote sources such as SQL Server or even Twitter.)Queries can be composed together and built up in stages.Queries offer the safety of compile-time type checking.Essentially, LINQ enables queries to be treated as first-class citizens in C# and Visual Basic.Contents:LINQ FundamentalsWhy LINQ?The building blocks of LINQScalar return values and output sequencesDeferred executionLambda expressions in query operatorsLocal and interpreted queriesFluent and Query Expression StylesFluent styleChained query operatorsQuery expression styleRange variablesOther query expression syntaxUsing the different stylesAdvantages of the different stylesMixing the styles in a single query