Querying Data with LINQ
Explore how to write strongly typed LINQ queries with Entity Framework Core to efficiently load, filter, and join data across various sources. Understand benefits such as reduced development time and simplified data access using a consistent programming model.
Introduction to LINQ
EF Core uses Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to query data from data stores. As long as the data store has a LINQ provider, LINQ can query data from multiple data stores.
Queries are expressions that retrieve data from data sources. Traditionally, we express queries in a specialized query language such as SQL or XQuery, and developers must learn the query language for each data source their applications support. ...