Foreword
Welcome to one of the most venerable and trusted franchises you could dream of in the world of C# books—and probably far beyond! Mark Michaelis’s Essential C# series has been a classic for years, but it was yet to see the light of day when I first got to know Mark.
In 2005 when LINQ (Language Integrated Query) was disclosed, I had only just joined Microsoft, and I got to tag along to the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference for the big reveal. Despite my almost total lack of contribution to the technology, I thoroughly enjoyed the hype. The talks were overflowing, the printed leaflets were scooped up like free hotcakes: It was a big day for C# and .NET, and I was having a great time.
It was pretty quiet in the hands-on labs area, ...
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