Pluralsight Courses

LINQ can filter and extract data from collections efficiently. In this course, LINQ Fundamentals in C# 10, you'll learn to apply LINQ queries to sets of data to extract meaningful information in an efficient manner. First, you'll explore how to create LINQ queries, where to learn more about LINQ, and how to select and order data from sets of data. Next, you'll discover how to filter data, get distinct values, and identify the kind of data contained within collections. Finally, you'll learn how to work with multiple sets of data, group data into sets, and aggregate data to produce statistics for solving business problems. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of LINQ needed to apply queries in your everyday applications to produce data efficiently.

LINQ can filter and extract data from collections much more efficiently and with less code. In this course, C# Language-Integrated Query (LINQ), you'll learn over 60 LINQ queries using C#. First, you'll explore why you should use LINQ, how to select, order, filter and extract data using LINQ queries. Next, you'll discover how to use LINQ queries to work with multiple collections, group and aggregate data. Finally, you'll learn what goes on under the hood with LINQ queries by understanding deferred execution. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of LINQ needed to query data efficiently and with less code from any collection of data.

What are the best methods for reading and writing XML documents in C#? In this course, XML Fundamentals in C#, you will gain foundational knowledge to process XML files and use XML to enhance your business applications. First, you will learn to process XML documents using LINQ to XML. Next, you will discover how to write XPath queries. Following that, you will see how to add, edit, and delete data within an XML document. XML serialization is explored to show you how to save a .NET object to an XML file, and then restore that XML as a .NET object. Finally, you will explore how to cache frequently used database data as a local XML file, and to detect when server data changes so you can update your local file. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of XML needed to process XML documents in C#. Software required: Visual Studio 2019, .NET 5, SQL Server, C#.