XML for ASP.NET Developers

Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Sams (August 24, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672320398
ISBN-13: 978-0672320392
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches







XML for ASP.NET Developers first gives a solid foundation in the basics of MSXML including XML Syntax, XML Schemas, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, and other concepts necessary to leverage the power of XML. After the building blocks of XML are thoroughly covered, Dan guides readers through manipulating XML documents using the Document Object Model (DOM) and XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) both on the client and the server. Detailed examples combined with easy to follow tutorials will have readers transforming XML documents into professional looking applications quickly and easily. Providing a single source for information on a variety of XML related technologies makes XML for ASP.NET Developers a necessary edition to any developer's library and sets it apart from any book available today.

User Review:
If you have worked with XML in the COM world, the new XML model will come as a shock. This book is a great starting place to learn more about XML in the .NET world. Peppered with more than a few good examples (along with code download), you should be able to get started using XML in your .NET applications.

Since there is a lot of good in this book, I figured I would get the bad out of the way quickly. First off, I believe the book is a bit too heavy on the background of XML. I would have liked a little less background and more .NET. If you are not very well versed in XML, XSLT, etc., these chapters will come in handy. I state this "negative" as a personal item.

The second item is the lack of some examples using other methods, like ReplaceChild, SelectSingleNode, etc. There are some examples, but, in most cases, the methods are highlighted rather than covered in code. I accept this limitation as the number of things you can do with XML in .NET is astounding.

A brief note about the subject head of this review. I am working on an application that needs to input a string into XML, transform it and output a string. This was simple in the pre-.NET world, but has become more complex in .NET. I needed this to happen without saving to a file, as the app is all Internet based. I found the method to do this in the book.

Overall I would say this is a very good work to get started with XML in ASP.NET. If you are a VB.NET developer, be aware that all of the code samples are in C#. I do not find this to be a major hurdle, as I do both, but those who are strictly VB.NET developers may have a tougher row to hoe.

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