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The Many Approaches to XML Processing in .NET Applications

LINQ to XML makes working with XML documents easy. You can use XML instead of a SQL database for small amounts of data.

Intermediate
4h 22m
(319)

Created by Paul D. Sheriff

Last Updated Jun 28, 2019

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The Many Approaches to XML Processing in .NET Applications

LINQ to XML makes working with XML documents easy. You can use XML instead of a SQL database for small amounts of data.

Intermediate
4h 22m
(319)

Created by Paul D. Sheriff

Last Updated Jun 28, 2019

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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.

The Many Approaches to XML Processing in .NET Applications
Intermediate
4h 22m
(319)
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Paul loves teaching and technology, and has been teaching tech and business topics for over 30 years. Paul helps clients develop applications, and instructs them on the best use of technology.

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