By Erik T. Ray
Second Edition September 2003
Pages: 416 (More details)
(Average of 4 Customer Reviews)
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In this second edition of the bestselling title, the author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements of markup--demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities, and namespaces--and provides enough depth and examples to get started. Learning XML is a reliable source for anyone who needs to know XML, but doesn't want to waste time wading through hundreds of web sites or 800 pages of bloated text.
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Title:
Learning XML
Second Edition: September 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00420-6
Pages: 416
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 4 Reviews)
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Learning XML, Second Edition
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2005-06-06 05:56:47
Rugmonster
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O'Reilly
Learning XML, Second Edition
by Erik T. Ray
Second Edition September 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00420-6
416 pages, $39.95 US
For the longest time, I had heard about XML and all it could do, but never what it was. I had many misconceptions about what it did and how it worked. My little head thought that for all of the hype, it must be some super complex programming language, not something as simple as a formatted document looking very similar to HTML. When I finally figured out what XML was, I started looking online at the various sources that attempted to explain what XML was, but then they got into XPaths, XSLT, SAX and DOM, but with little to no explainations. I almost gave up on XML because I figured out how to form an XML document, but how the heck was I to get that information and make it useful?
Enter O'Reilly's Learning XML. In very clear, organized language (a common trait of almost all O'Reilly books) XML and all of it's basics were laid out before me. XSLT, XPath, XPointer, Schemas and more are all covered. The first three chapters are probably the most important to read straight through because they give you the basics of XML structure. Each subsequent chapter is organized so that you can reference them as needed to do what you need to do. The book assumes that you know nothing of XML and builds from there at a good pace. It wasn't so slow that I got bored, nor was it so fast that I felt lost.
Learning XML, Second Edition met my needs for successfully teaching me the fundamentals of XML in a non-language/platform specific manner. I would recommend to anyone with little or no knowledge of XML. From reading this book, I now feel confident incorporating XML into some of my future projects.
Learning XML, 2nd Edition Review
2004-10-26 10:08:53
Anonymous Reader
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Would this be a good book for a newbie on writing web pages. I am a little familiar with HTML on just the basics. I had an HTML class in college but that was 4 years ago. I need to start from the ground up and as well as refresh my memory. Any recomendations of other books or software editors that can help me build.
Learning XML, 2nd Edition Review
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2004-01-12 16:34:07
Ben Blank
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An excellent guide for gaining an understanding of the fundamental concepts that comprise XML. I have been implementing XML for several years (SVG, XHTML, even creating custom schemas), but did not realize how incomplete my knowledge of related concepts (particularly DTDs, XSL, and XSL-FO) truly was until I found this book. The detailed information on creating new document types via DTDs, XML schemas, RELAX NG, and Schematron (and the differences between them) is vital for those seeking to expand the horizons of their document systems, while the guides to using XPath and XPointer apply to anyone referring to one document from another. Learning XML is a must-read for novices and veteran implementors alike.
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2003-10-26 03:05:45
Phil Molyneux
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Nice book but where have the online examples/code gone?
Media reviews
"This text provides an excellent coverage of XML's foundations and the technologies that have been developed for particular needs. It is the definitive introduction to XML."
-- Major Keary, PC Update
"[Author Erik T. Ray] is one of those folk who can retain an in-depth technological approach without alienating those less well-informed than himself. As a result, this is no skimpy overview of XML, but rather a complete introduction to Extensible Markup Language that quickly provides the web developer with a grounding in both how to use it, and what to use it for."
--Davey Winder, PC Plus, March 2004
"This new edition is one that I would recommend to newcomers to XML...The O'Reilly team and [Erik] Ray have provided a great book, at a good price, that you will find very useful as you learn XML."
--Russell Dyer, UnixReview.com, December 2003
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