Beginning XML: XML Schemas, SOAP, XSLT, DOM, and SAX 2.0

by David Hunter, Chris Dix, Roger Kovack

What is this book about? Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a rapidly maturing technology with powerful real-world applications, particularly for the management, display, and organization of data. Together with its many related technologies it is an essential technology for anyone using markup languages on the web or internally. This book teaches you all you need to know about XML — what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages. It builds on the strengths of the first edition, and provides new material to reflect the changes in the XML landscape — notably SOAP and Web Services, and the publication of the XML Schemas Recommendation by the W3C. What does this book cover? Here are just a few of the things this book Who is this book for? Beginning XML, 2nd Edition is for any developer who is interested in learning to use XML in web, e-commerce or data-storage applications. Some knowledge of mark up, scripting, and/or object oriented programming languages is advantageous, but not essential, as the basis of these techniques are explained as required.

Genres: Programming, Technology, Reference, Business, Computers, Nonfiction, Technical

816 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[Heather Noggle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference.

[Adrian McCarthy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not actually a beginner with XML. I've used it (and some of the related technologies a little bit). So I'd learned bits and pieces but never had a formal overview. This book helped me fill in some of the wholes, understand the relationship between similar technologies (like DTD and XSL). The writing and formatting aren't anything special, and it's a beginner book in that it had lots of breadth but limited depth. The examples were interesting enough, though they often felt redundant or unnecessary. I'd recommend it if you're like me and need enough of an overview of the landscape to get going.