Now that Visual Studio 2008 has RTM' d, I'm very motivated to learn LINQ. Like most of us, I've read articles, seen presentations, talked a lot about it, but now, it's time to begin in earnest. What does that mean? Time to get the books and start doing some serious examples myself. I just bought the book "Pro LINQ Language Integrated Query in C# 2008" and so far am very impressed. Because I'm a total newbie to link, I started with the first chapter (very unusual for me). That was a good overview of the different types of LINQ. One thing I learned was that all those names like dlinq,xlinq, etc. are no longer valid. I kind of thought that, but couldn't find it written explicitly anywhere's else. I think it's one of those things everyone knew but me.
The second chapter is really where it's at for me. I went to sleep reading it (no insult intended, I was just tired) and plan on continuing today on my train ride to San Francisco. It's doing an excellent job of explaining Lambda expressions. Before reading it, I really didn't get what they were, but I feel like I really understand now. I always knew they were related to delegates somehow. This chapter does a great job of taking the reader through a progression (named delegate, anonymous delegate, then finally Lambda Expression) to explain how they work. I hate to say I needed that, but I really did.
Obviously, I recommend this book for your library.
Amazon.com: Pro LINQ