Maybe you've been stranded on a desert island talking to volleyballs, hiding in a cave, or simply avoiding all "Web stuff." Whatever the reason, you're lacking in XML savvy and want to remedy the ...

Listing 1: Convert XPath into LINQ to XML: XML: Build a Basic Structure XML structures vary widely in arrangement, complexity, and whether the data is held in content or attributes.

XML’s emergence did not initially make our lives easier—at best, they did not change much. We quickly started writing our many data formats using angle brackets, which looked neat, but did not make ...