Applied XML Programming for Microsoft® .NET [Paperback]

Dino Esposito (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735618011 | ISBN-13: 978-0735618015 | Publication Date: November 9, 2002 | Edition: 1

XML is everywhere in the Microsoft® .NET Framework, from Remoting to Web services and from data access to configuration. Learn about the extensive XML core classes in .NET and find out how to program against its parser in this in-depth guide—written by a popular programming author and consultant on cutting-edge technologies such as Microsoft ASP.NET and Microsoft ADO.NET. You’ll find authoritative explanations of technologies such as schemas, transformations, and XPath, plus extensive discussion of data access issues such as synchronization and serialization, the DiffGram format, and the XML extensions in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000. Along the way, you’ll learn exactly how to get the best performance out of XML in the .NET world. You’ll also get answers to common questions such as, “When should I use XML Web services instead of Remoting?”

Topics covered include:

XML CORE CLASSES IN THE .NET FRAMEWORK

• The .NET XML parsing model
• XML readers and writers
• Validating readers and writers
• XML Schema

XML DATA MANIPULATION

• The XML DOM in .NET
• XPath
• XSLT

XML AND DATA ACCESS

• XML extensions in SQL Server 2000
• DataSet serialization
• The DiffGram format

APPLICATION INTEROPERABILITY

• The XML Serializer
• .NET Remoting
• XML Web services
• XML data islands
• Configuration files

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dino Esposito is a well-known ASP.NET and AJAX expert. He speaks at industry events, including DevConnections and Microsoft TechEd, contributes to MSDN® Magazine and other publications, and has written several popular Microsoft Press books, including Microsoft ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (November 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735618011
• ISBN-13: 978-0735618015
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dino Esposito is a well-known ASP.NET and ADO.NET expert at Solid Quality Learning, a global provider of advanced education and mentoring for Microsoft technologies. He speaks at industry events, including Win-Dev and Microsoft TechEd, contributes to MSDN Magazine and other publications, and is the author of several Microsoft Press books.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars *THE* XML book for .NET, June 27, 2004

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Terry Smith "http://terrysmith.net -- http:/... (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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Dino Esposito has total, absolute command of the subject matter that he expertly teaches in this book. This is a template for how all technical training books should be written. I wanted in-depth coverage of the XML object library in .NET and that is exactly what this book delivers. This is THE book on XML in .NET. Don't waste your money on anything else.

It is also terrific supplemental material for the Developing XML Web Services and Server Components certification exam. I recommend Mike Gunderloy's book as an all-encompassing source (look up my review for that book); however, I recommend reading the first four chapters of this book before you start Gunderloy's book if you don't have much experience reading and writing XML in .NET. Chapters 12 and 13 on remoting and web services, respectively, are also great sources of exam prep material. In fact, Chapter 12 on .NET Remoting is the best chapter on the subject you will find anywhere.

Terry, MCAD and MCSD for Microsoft .NET

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars stop punishing yourself with MSDN, January 10, 2005

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David Douglass (Bloomingdale, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applied XML Programming for Microsoft® .NET (Paperback)

Dino tells all in this superb and in depth look at XML on Microsoft's .NET platform. The book is well organized, starting at the fundamental classes and then branching out to the high abstraction level .NET classes and other Microsoft products such as SQL Server 2000 and Internet Explorer.

As an example of why this book is so wonderful, there have been several situations where I needed to do something in XSLT that just didn't seem practical (maybe not even doable). The section on how to use standard .NET languages such as C# from XSLT is itself worth the price of admission.

Keep in mind that readers are expected to have a good grasp of XML; the book is a .NET book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars in depth book, April 12, 2003

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Xizhen Zhu (Toronto, CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied XML Programming for Microsoft® .NET (Paperback)

This book tells many fundamental skills you need to know regarding XML. Focusing on the programming with .Net Framework instead of how to use .Net VisualStudio, this book gives you a solid knowledge to help you master XML programming. Many advanced topic are introduced, such as .Net Remoting, security, COM interoperability. But if you wanna know much more about these advanced topic, more detailed books you will need to read. But so far, after reading this book, you get a solid and general idea about XML programming with .Net framework. You will not get fooled any more with how these technologies are applied to the applications. Besides, the author gives insight comment and review regarding these topic in a relatively neutral way, which gives you more option to develop your application and provide objective choices in achieving the goal.
Finally, if you are interested in Web Service, Security, .Net Remoting, COM interoperability, additional books are required to you. But so far,this book really provides a general solid knowledge for you to go any further. And what i wish to tell is this book is definitely not for beginners, many other concept should you get to know before reading this book, otherwise you will find it hard to follow.