Introduction: Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

In this section, we will learn about Language Integrated Query (LINQ) expressions. LINQ is a set of language extensions that add the ability to work with data sequences and then filter, sort, and project them into different outputs.

This section will cover the following topics:

• Why LINQ?

• Writing LINQ expressions

• Using LINQ with EF Core

• Sweetening LINQ syntax with syntactic sugar

• Using multiple threads with parallel LINQ (online section)

• Creating your own LINQ extension methods

• Working with LINQ to XML