There is a need to improve the way developers work with XML, and LINQ to XML is the answer.
The first four chapters provided the foundation for the rest of this book, presenting the basic
principles of LINQ and its different components, such as the standard query operators. This
information is extremely vital to LINQ to XML because it helps developers work with and program
XML using LINQ to XML.
This chapter provides an introductory look at LINQ to XML, exploring the fundamentals and
concepts that programmers need to comprehend when working with LINQ to XML. It includes the
following:
??‘ An overview of LINQ to XML
??‘ Programming fundamentals of LINQ to XML
??‘ Programming concepts of LINQ to XML
??‘ A comparison of LINQ to XML and other XML technologies
LINQ to XML Overview
LINQ to XML is a new approach to working with XML. In essence, it takes many of the technologies
you use today to work with XML, such as the DOM and XPath, and combines them into a single
programming interface directly within the .NET Framework. LINQ to XML provides in-memory
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document modification capabilities of the DOM, while providing querying capabilities equal to those of
XPath via LINQ query expressions.
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