An Introduction to Xml And Web Technologies [Paperback]

Anders Mller (Author), Michael I. Schwartzbach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2006

This thoroughly class tested text and online tutorial gives a complete introduction to the essentials of the XML standard. It will teach students how to apply web technologies to develop XML based web applications. Through the book, the student will build applications that work together to construct interesting and workable web applications.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"A superb summary of the main Web technologies. It is broad and deep, giving you enough detail to get real work done. Eminently readable with excellent examples and touches of humour. This book is a gem." – Prof. Philip Wadler, Edinburgh University.

 

“A unique, detailed, and technically sophisticated introduction to current XML and Web technologies” – Jan Chomicki, Buffalo University.

 

The evolution of the World Wide Web has been staggering. To support the ever-increasing demands we make on the Web’s capabilities, there has been an explosion of technologies, protocols and standards that all promise to make the Web Developer's life easier, such as XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, JDOM, Servlets, JSP, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.

 

In An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies, Anders Møller and Michael Schwartzbach expertly decipher this alphabet soup of Web technologies. They lucidly describe the technical features of each standard, compare closely related technologies and show how to implement them in various application scenarios. Part One of this book covers the key XML schema and transformation languages and explains how XML can co-exist with general purpose programming languages. Part Two describes technologies for building Web servers and the standards for defining, publishing and connecting to Web services. This book is essential reading for students on Web development or XML courses, as well as practitioners seeking to improve their insight into this exciting subject area.

 

Features

 

·        Covers the most important XML and Web technologies in a concise and easy to understand fashion.

·        Examples throughout and exercises at the end of every chapter to maximize understanding.

·        Introduces cutting edge research developments.

·        Comprehensive lists of online resources and further reading to aid development in each area.

·        Outstanding supporting material available at the accompanying website: http://www.brics.dk/ixwt/

 

Anders Møller and Michael Schwartzbach both teach at the prestigious BRICS research center at the University of Aarhus.

Product Details

• Paperback: 568 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321269667
• ISBN-13: 978-0321269669
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice introduction to XML and Web technologies!, January 9, 2012

By 

Kwanghoon Choi (Wonju, Republic of Korea) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: An Introduction to Xml And Web Technologies (Paperback)

This is a very nice introduction to XML and Web technologies. I used Ch.2,7,8,11 of this book in teaching a Network Programming course. I like the way of explanation on the basic XML and Web service. It is very concise but contains all important things to start with!

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first (and only?) clear, concise, deep, scientific account of the stuff..., August 25, 2006

By 

Hassan Ait-kaci "-hak" (Surrey, BC (Canada)) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: An Introduction to Xml And Web Technologies (Paperback)

This is what I wrote the authors of this book:

Dear Anders and Michael,

I recently purchased your book entitled "An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies". I started reading it and I must say that you have done a wonderful job. It reads with ease and your presentation style is as limpid as pure mountain water. I particularly enjoy the fact that you are doing a masterful and in-depth tutorial of several of the recent outputs of the W3C's language mill without losing your critical mind and making accurate remarks for several annoying idiosyncrasies owing their existence more to historical and political reasons rather than simple efficient scientific design.

At any rate, I congratulate you on an excellent book and look forward to reading more of your didactic and scientific publications.

[...]

It would be very interesting to envisage a book in the style of

yours on the so-called Semantic Web. I, for one, as ILOG's current Principal rep in the W3C Rule Interchange Format WG, would welcome your critical eye and approach to this vast and unchartered domain.

Thanks again for writing this book. I will definitely recommend it as an effective and concise reference to the subject to anyone - whether newbie or old-timer.

Best regards,

-hak

--

Hassan Aït-Kaci, Ph.D, Distinguished Scientist R&D

ILOG, Inc. - http://www.ilog.com/ - Product Division

Surrey, BC, Canada - Fri Aug 25 07:40:40 2006 PST