Description: With "XML Programming For BizTalk Servers", enterprise developers get the work-ready information and tools they need to help their organizations meet the challenge of doing business in 'Internet time'. Author Brian Travis -- a highly regarded XML instructor and solutions developer -- offers expert guidance for building real-world, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce applications using XML and BizTalk. This practical, code-rich book begins with an overview of XML in the B2B context, including coverage of XSL and industry schemas. Readers then dive into the BizTalk framework for application integration, stepping through the development of a working BizTalk server application. All the book's code is featured on CD-ROM so programmers can see what the syntax looks like and better comprehend the intricacies of implementing BizTalk solutions; the BizTalk JumpStart Kit helps expedite development of their own B2B applications. Case study discussions and a summary of references help round out the reader's understanding of technological and business considerations.
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Brian Travis has been disassembling technology since shortly after birth. Before computers came along, he was content to turn his attention to household appliances. An advocate of the "learn by making mistakes" school, Brian is never afraid of doing just that. He is an expert in information interchange, having been a member of the original Standard Generalized Markup Language committee and involved in various XML-based standards. In addition to working as a consultant to large enterprise customers, Brian has shared his experience as an author, lecturer, and teacher to audiences all over the world. He lives in beautiful New Hampshire.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good stuff with some extraneous material,
This review is from: XML and SOAP Programming for BizTalk(TM) Servers (DV-MPS Programming) (Paperback)
I have to admit, I generally like MSPress books. While generally a bit shorter than some of the other publisher's books, they tend to have a lot of meat in them. XML and SOAP programming is no exception. The problem here is that a large chunk of this tome is dedicated to extraneous material.The first half of this book is great if you need some background on XML. While much of this material is interesting, it is skimming material for most of us who have developed with XML before and want to focus on SOAP and BizTalk. When the book finally does get into SOAP and BizTalk, the earlier material sets a nice stage, so this material is not a complete waste of time. The material on SOAP and BizTalk is quite nice and includes some examples in Visual Basic, so you are given a succinct intro to coding your own SOAP/BizTalk applications. The book focuses on schemas rather than DTDs, so some of the material is a bit bleeding edge. However, with Microsoft's commitment to tools to move from bleeding to leading edge, your development time will not be a waste. As schemas are more explicit and useful, I applaud the author on taking the journey out on this limb. The useful material of this book finishes with information on setting up your own BizTalk server. The rest of the book is largely wasted on SOAP and BizTalk references and a primer on the Omnimark language. To be fair, the SOAP and Biztalk references are not taken verbatim from the W3C spec, so they do add some value. I am not quite as thrilled about the Omnimark tutorial, although it might come in handy some day. To be fair to Mr. Travis, the book covers the major elements of the technologies it is scoped to cover (XML, SOAP and BizTalk) and does so in an easy-reading, fun manner. It will not make you a BizTalk or SOAP expert, but it will give you enough material to get to work. In summary, this is a very nice book if you are using Microsoft tools to develop B2B E-Commerce applications. However, it is also useful for those on other platforms as a basic primer. It can also help you develop cross-platform applications, but only if you choose Omnimark as your cross-platform developing language.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bad, Good, and Ugly,
By A Customer
This review is from: XML and SOAP Programming for BizTalk(TM) Servers (DV-MPS Programming) (Paperback)
BAD: Another review hit the jackpot when s/he claimed the book was misleading: The book devoted (1) chapter to Microsoft's biztalk server 2000, and in that chapter you learned very little. What's a Channel? What's a Port? How do they work? I still don't know -> the book didn't mention them. GOOD: The book gave really good examples to help you understand how biztalk (the standard), SOAP, ROPE, xml, and xsl(t) fit together and gives a good tutorial on building your own BizTalk server from scratch. UGLY: The author attempts to shove the "OmniMark" language down the readers throats, claiming it is the language to end all languages. I was very upset when I had to sit and FOCUS REALLY HARD to understand the MANY examples written in Omnimark. Took me a week to read 260 pages. I should've been able to read it in 2 days MAX. 1 Star for greater XML/XSL understanding 1 Star for greater BizTalk Standard understading 1 Star for SOAP and ROPE understanding
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Introduction to XML,
By A Customer
This review is from: XML and SOAP Programming for BizTalk(TM) Servers (DV-MPS Programming) (Paperback)
This book is billed as an introduction to XML, SOAP, and BizTalk, but I found that just the XML introduction could stand alone as an excellent book.I have read several books on XML, and they are either a re-statement of the XML spec that is freely available on the Web, or else a description of how to use XML in a very narrow task, like building Web pages or as a replacement to HTML. The first part of this book covers the XML spec, including the well-formed document and the importance of schemas. It also provides an excellent introduction to the XSLT language for XML transformations, using a novel approach to teaching. The second half of the book is devoted to the BizTalk open document specification. The author notes that a BizTalk server can be written in any language to run on any platform, not just Microsoft. The book has complete code for two BizTalk servers, one is written using Visual Basic and Active Server Pages, the other in OmniMark, a language for building Web sites. I would have preferred to have the second BizTalk server be written in Java or perl, but it was refreshing to be exposed to a new language. There is even an appendix on OmniMark, which provides a quick overview of this language that seems to be underestimated. In all, this book is well worth the money, if only for the introduction to XML and XSLT. The SOAP and BizTalk parts are just icing on the cake.
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