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These articles delve into utilizing LINQ (Language Integrated Query) with collections in .NET, offering a unified approach to querying and manipulating data from various sources. It discusses key advantages such as integration into C# and VB.NET, type safety, composition of operations, and support for diverse data sources. Benchmark results highlight performance disparities between LINQ methods and traditional loops or other alternatives in specific scenarios, emphasizing the need for careful consideration in choosing the most efficient approach based on query nature and data elements.

LINQ is a feature of the Microsoft .NET framework enabling developers to query data from diverse sources using a syntax akin to SQL (Structured Query Language) directly within C# or Visual Basic code. It offers a unified approach to querying and manipulating data from databases, XML, collections, and beyond.

Don’t forget to perform your benchmarking when dealing with your custom types.

All collections referenced in this book are generic unless explicitly stated otherwise.

ALL recommendations provided in These articles pertain to .NET 8.

Collection Performance: Comparing Byte Array’s with SequenceEqual()

Collection Performance: Comparing ImmutableArray<>’s with SequenceEqual()

Collection Performance: Finding First or Last and Count

Collection Performance: How Do You LINQ?

Collection Performance: Is LINQ Always the Most Performant Choice?

Collection Performance: Leveraging LINQ MAXBy() and MINBy() for Efficient and Readable Code

Collection Performance: Sorting With LINQ

Summary

There is much more performance information in my book Rock Your Code: Code & App Performance for Microsoft .NET available here: https://bit.ly/CodePerf3.