What are the best methods for reading and writing XML documents in C#? In this course, Working with XML in C#, you learn foundational knowledge to process XML files and use XML to enhance your business applications. First, you learn to process XML documents using LINQ to XML. Next, you discover how to write XPath queries. Next, you 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 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 2017/19, .NET 4.5, .NET 5, SQL Server, C#.
Author Name: Paul D. Sheriff
Author Description:
Paul has over thirty years of experience architecting information systems and his expertise is in much demand from Fortune 500 companies. Paul is a Pluralsight author, has published 400+ articles, and authored over 14 books on topics ranging from JavaScript, Angular, C#, SQL Server and many .NET technologies. Paul is a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• What Exactly Is XML Anyway?
  16mins
• LINQ to XML Makes Processing XML Documents Quick and Easy
  22mins
• Use XPath Queries to Process XML Documents
  11mins
• Modify Nodes and Write XML Files
  16mins
• Store and Restore .NET Objects as XML
  24mins
• A Design Pattern for Caching Frequently Used Data in XML
  13mins