LINQ to Objects LiveLessons

Description

5+ Hours of Video Instruction

Your complete video course in writing queries with LINQ to Objects: hands-on skills for real-world success!

Description

Tackling what can be a cumbersome topic, in an engaging way top .NET architect & developer and Microsoft Regional Director, Colin Melia helps you master real-world skills for success with LINQ to Objects. Drawing on 20+ years of experience developing solutions with Microsoft technologies, Colin demonstrates core techniques for building efficient LINQ to Objects queries against in-memory data structures, using core LINQ to Objects standard query operators, LINQ to XML, and extending LINQ to Objects to do even more. First, you discover what LINQ to Objects can do and when you might want to use it. Then, step by step, you walk through creating and executing queries in two different query styles against sets of objects using core technologies in the C#/VB compilers and classes in the .NET framework, mastering the most widely used Standard Query Operators, querying XML documents using .NET classes to represent parts of an in-memory document, doing the same things in VB with the differences from C# highlights, and extending LINQ with your own source providers and operators. Finally, you explore examples in a larger code base, parsing XML or JSON data from the Internet in an application. Everything's organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions so that you can master key skills in as little as five minutes!

Skill Level

• Intermediate
• Advanced

What You Will Learn

• How LINQ to Objects works, how to get started with it, and how to use it most effectively
• How to build LINQ queries with C#, Visual Basic, and .NET Framework classes
• How to create more readable code using LINQ to Objects
• How to use LINQ to XML
• How to extend LINQ to Objects by creating your own source providers and operators

Who Should Take This Course

• All .NET developers and architects

Course Requirements

• Basic experience with .NET programming

Table of Contents

Introduction

Lesson 1: Introduction of LINQ to Objects
Learning Objectives
1.1 Get started with LINQ
1.2 See LINQ examples
1.3 Understand the other lessons

Lesson 2: Building LINQ Queries on C# & .NET Framework Features
Learning Objectives
2.1 Enumerate objects
2.2 Filter objects
2.3 Project results
2.4 Use Query Syntax

Lesson 3: Standard Query Operators Part 1
Learning Objectives
3.1 Select result values
3.2 Generate objects
3.3 Filter & convert objects
3.4 Sort objects

Lesson 4: Standard Query Operators Part 2
Learning Objectives
4.1 Aggregate objects
4.2 Pick an object
4.3 Analyze objects
4.4 Generate collections

Lesson 5: Standard Query Operators Part 3
Learning Objectives
5.1 Group objects
5.2 Combine objects

Lesson 6: LINQ to XML
Learning Objectives
6.1 Use XML Classes
6.2 Query XML
6.3 Update XML
6.4 Transform XML

Lesson 7: LINQ in VB
Learning Objectives
7.1 Use Method Syntax
7.2 Use Query Syntax
7.3 Use XML Literals

Lesson 8: Extending LINQ
Learning Objectives
8.1 Extend with composition
8.2 Extend with yield

Lesson 9: LINQ in Use
Learning Objectives
9.1 Use LINQ with client apps
9.2 Use LINQ with XML/JSON

Summary

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