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XML: Visual QuickStart Guide
A guide the the basics of the XML language covers such topics as XPath, creating a DTD, XML schema, complext types, namespaces, XQuery, and Ajax.
269 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2008
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December 14, 2017
Kind of frustrating, but so is XML.
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February 10, 2021step-by-step instructions for absolute beginners are really helpful! Much appreciated!
September 3, 2010
A very gentle introduction to XML. A professor I knew suggested it to students who were struggling with the basic concepts for XML and after reading the book I see why. It breaks things down into simple step (like all quickstart guides) and let's the reader feel a sense of accomplishment in dealing with creating XML documents, schema, XSL and even some XQuery. There's even a brief look at the .epub format (now slightly out of date due to changes in the format)! I will suggest this for students as an introductory text, but the book isn't the text for those who want to build and create sophisticated XML.
February 17, 2016
Has good coverage of the subject - XML, XSLT & Xpath and Xquery. Unfortunately , the whole approach ("type this, then type this, then type this...") starts out irritating and ends up infuriating - it's like being read a book one syllable at a time.
It's usable as a reference book, but the style is not very conducise to recollecting the information which is supposed to be being conveyed - I can't help but feel the approach has been selected to fit into the half-page columns, whereas a 'shorter & wider' approach, where the whole syntax is shown at once - either in text or syntax diagrams, might have been better.
It's usable as a reference book, but the style is not very conducise to recollecting the information which is supposed to be being conveyed - I can't help but feel the approach has been selected to fit into the half-page columns, whereas a 'shorter & wider' approach, where the whole syntax is shown at once - either in text or syntax diagrams, might have been better.
January 13, 2016
Very well informative and easy.
Appropriate in detail. You can get general knowledge of Xml and related technology in basic level easily and quickly. Better than I expected from other reviews.
Appropriate in detail. You can get general knowledge of Xml and related technology in basic level easily and quickly. Better than I expected from other reviews.
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