Another Noob

[Rob Allen]

Hey fellas

I am a web designer/developer with little in the way of formal
training. I took some lower level programming courses to familiarize
myself with structured programming and then taught myself (through books
as well as trial and error) new web technologies like ASP and PHP on an
as-needed basis.

I have yet to come across a project that requires XML, but to tell you
the truth, I wouldn't know one when I saw it. So my questions are:

1) What types of projects should use XML?
2) What would be a good project for me to learn/test/refine my XML
skills on?
3) What texts and web pages would you suggest for reference?

Thanks in advance,

--Rob--

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[Kimanzi Mati]

In response to your questions...

1) What types of projects should use XML?
You can use XML for project such as:
1) Transformation of XML data for presentation in web pages. This enables
you to have multiple views of the same data. This transformation can be
done with Superx++ or XSLT.

2) Integration between disparate systems where the systems agree on an XML
definition. This can either be loosely determined or formalized with DTDs
or XML schema documents.

3) Messaging applications and web services can use Superx++, XML-RPC, SOAP,
etc. All of which are XML.
2) What would be a good project for me to learn/test/refine my XML
skills on?
Probably one of the easiest types of projects to cut your teeth on might be
to build a series of web pages that use transformation techniques to present
different views of the same data. This is a small project that offers you
the ability to learn XML in practice.
3) What texts and web pages would you suggest for reference?
Try the following:
www.topxml.com
www.emergentlogic.com
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Kimanzi Mati
"Rob Allen" <ri***************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.frii.net... Hey fellas

I am a web designer/developer with little in the way of formal
training. I took some lower level programming courses to familiarize
myself with structured programming and then taught myself (through books
as well as trial and error) new web technologies like ASP and PHP on an
as-needed basis.

I have yet to come across a project that requires XML, but to tell you
the truth, I wouldn't know one when I saw it. So my questions are:

1) What types of projects should use XML?
2) What would be a good project for me to learn/test/refine my XML
skills on?
3) What texts and web pages would you suggest for reference?

Thanks in advance,

--Rob--

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[Rob Allen]

Thanks Kimanzi,
I'll take a look at the sites and see if I can get something working.
I've been reading other posts trying to get a feel for the syntax. There
are some fairly complex issues envolved which makes it doubly appealing.
Thanks again for the advice.

--Rob--

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[Kimanzi Mati]

Hey Rob,

You're welcome. XML should be simple; however it is made complex by the
multitude of specs being churned out by the various organizations that have
undertaken to do so. Still, a good book and good tutorials should get you
oriented in the right direction.

Good Luck!
Kimanzi

"Rob Allen" <ri***************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks Kimanzi,
I'll take a look at the sites and see if I can get something working.
I've been reading other posts trying to get a feel for the syntax. There
are some fairly complex issues envolved which makes it doubly appealing.
Thanks again for the advice.

--Rob--

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