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Note

Before you continue reading over this chapter, I wholeheartedly recommend that you first feel comfortable

with the material presented in Chapter 13 (which covered C# 2008 specific constructs). As you will see, LINQ pro-

gramming makes use of several of the new C# features to simplify coding tasks.

The Core LINQ Assemblies

As mentioned in Chapter 2, the New Project dialog of Visual Studio 2008 now has the option of

selecting which version of the .NET platform you wish to compile against, using the drop-down list

box mounted on the upper-right corner. When you opt to compile against the .NET Framework 3.5,

each of the project templates will automatically reference the key LINQ assemblies. For example, if

you were to create a new .NET 3.5 Console Application, you will find the assemblies shown in

Figure 14-1 visible within the Solution Explorer.

Figure 14-1.

.NET 3.5 project types automatically reference key LINQ assemblies.

Table 14-2 documents the role of the core LINQ-specific assemblies.

Table 14-2.

Core LINQ-centric Assemblies