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To query and manipulate XML documents, .NET provides several great technologies. In this course, Working with XML in .NET 6, you'll learn to create, load, save, and query XML documents. First, you'll explore creating and modifying XML documents. Next, you'll discover loading, saving, validating, and various methods of querying data within XML files. Finally, you'll learn how to serialize C# objects as XML. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of XML needed to effectively and efficiently process XML files.

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#.

Did you know that you can use XML instead of a SQL database for applications? Did you know there is LINQ to XML that allows you to process XML documents quickly and efficiently? If the answer is no to either of these two questions, then you need to watch this course. XML files are very common in today's programming world. You will most likely need to read files, write files and query XML within your applications. .NET provides a rich set of XML processing classes that you can use to perform all these functions. C# allows you to easily create, read and query XML files using XPath, LINQ to XML and other methods. In this course you will learn to read and write XML files using the various .NET classes. You will see some real-world uses of XML files in applications.