XML The Microsoft Way (Paperback)

~ Peter G. Aitken (Author)

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Complete, comprehensive, and up to date book presents the fundamentals of standard XML, essential related technologies, and the use of XML within a Microsoft-specific development environment. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

"XML--the Microsoft Way is a must-have for any IT library."

--Duane Nickull, CTO, XML Global Technologies, and Chief Technical Editor, XSLT.com

As a core part of many new and important technologies, XML is a must-know tool for all programmers creating network- and Web-enabled applications for the Windows platform. This complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date book presents a thorough examination of the fundamentals of standard XML, essential related technologies, and the use of XML within a Microsoft-specific development environment.

Appropriate for beginning to intermediate XML programmers, XML--the Microsoft Way explains XML concepts and guides developers who need to learn XML development skills. The book begins with a background on the history of XML and offers clear explanations and examples of its most important elements: syntax, data modeling, formatting, templates, linking, and more. Later chapters address advanced topics, focusing on Microsoft's tools for XML development.

You will find thorough coverage of such important topics as:

• XML Schema, Namespaces, XLink, and XPointer
• Data modeling with DTDs, XDR Schemas, and XSD Schemas
• Cascading Style Sheets
• eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL Transformation (XSLT), and Formatting Objects (FO)
• The Document Object Model (DOM)
• Simple API for XML (SAX)
• The Microsoft SOAP (Simplified Object Access Protocol) Toolkit
• eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
• Visual Basic and Visual C++ with XML
• The .NET Framework and XML
• Internet Explorer and Dynamic HTML

Numerous code examples--primarily in Visual Basic, although many are in Visual C++ and C#--appear throughout the book to illustrate important techniques. The combination of clear explanations, real-world examples, and a Microsoft-based focus make XML--the Microsoft Way an essential addition to any Windows programmer's library.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (December 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201748525
• ISBN-13: 978-0201748529
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,476,987 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good review of using XML for Microsoft Developers, April 23, 2002

By	Martin Ritchie (Kitchener, Canada) - See all my reviews

Although at work we use Microsoft products almost exclusively for development we have not yet moved to .NET. Despite this it was becoming important to gain a better understanding of XML technologies as some of our projects were begining to incorperate them. I wanted a book that went over XML fundamentals paying particular attention to how they are used by pre Visual Studio.NET development tools. As a developer who works primarily in Visual Basic 6.0 it was important that the book also use that language for most of the examples.

This book covers about 80% of what I wanted. Having read it and worked through a few examples I am starting to use some of the tools within my applications. There was very little information in the book that was not useful in my understanding of the topic.

Having said that there was a major ommision. The book gave very little coverage to how to use XML with databases, SQL Server in particular. I don't think that there was a single mention of SQL Server 2000's XML features, something that is at the heart of the Microsoft XML world. In a related issue the coverage of xml features in ADO 2.x was also non-existent.

In short, the book is full of usefull information for 'real world' developers. It could however use an additional chapter or two on using XML with SQL server 2000 and another chapter on using XML with ADO 2.x