Mastering LINQ with C# and .NET
Learn .NET's secret sauce for querying collections and databases
Created by Dmitri Nesteruk
What you'll learn
- Create and execute LINQ queries on data sets
- Perform ad hoc data queries on in-memory and external data sources
- Query databases
- Write your own LINQ operators
- Use advanced libraries and approaches for data querying
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of C#
- Basic understanding of C# collection types (e.g., array, list, etc.)
- Understanding of extension methods
Description
This is a comprehensive course on a technology called Language Integrated Query (LINQ). LINQ is a core part of .NET that is responsible for helping us iterate through, filter, search, transform and manipulate collections, be it local objects (arrays, lists, etc.) or remote objects (e.g., databases).
This course covers:
- What LINQ is, how it's implemented and what interfaces it uses
- Main LINQ operators (there are lots of them!)
- Using LINQ to query databases (LINQ to Entities)
- Technologies with LINQ support (e.g., LINQ to XML)
- Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) and how to use it to parallelize your queries
- Extra topics (e.g., LINQ tool support in Rider/ReSharper, using MoreLINQ)
Who this course is for:
- Beginner and experienced .NET/C# developers
- Anyone interested in modern approaches to data query
- Database administrators interested in writing data query C#
Featured review
I took this class as a refresher before then deep diving into Reactive Extensions, and I have to say that it is very good.
From my standpoint, I believe it is also a very effective LINQ jumpstart course
Instructor
Software/Hardware Engineering • Quant Finance • Algotrading
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Dmitri is a quant, developer, book author and course author. His interests lie in software development and integration practices in the areas of computation, quantitative finance and algorithmic trading. His technological interests include C# and C++ programming as well high-performance computing using technologies such as CUDA and FPGAs. He has been a C# MVP since 2009.