Essential XML for Web Professionals - Softcover

Dan Livingston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130662542 ISBN 13: 9780130662545

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2002

Synopsis

Presents the task of creating a fictional e-commerce site and explains how to build it using XML, covering topics including schemas, namespaces, XSLT, XLink, XPointer,and XHTML.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

• Learn XML fundamentals and build Web applications—fast!
• Focused on the XML skills Web professionals need most
• Learn by doing, as you work on a fictional e-commerce site
• Up-to-the-minute coverage includes schemas, namespaces, XSLT, XLink, XPointer, XHTML, and more
• Learn practical techniques, based on real-world scenarios

Essential XML for Web Professionals is the fastest way for busy professionals to master the XML skills needed for building dynamic, portable, and scalable applications. By completeing hands-on projects covering a wide range of development tasks, you'll master key XML technologies—including schemas, namespaces, XSLT, XLink, XHTML, and more. Start with simple examples, then work your way up to sophisticated projects. Learn practical techniques! All sample applications found in the book are downloadable from the companion Web site. You can reuse and adapt the code to see exactly how your applications should look and work!

You'll master all this, and much more!

• Mastering XML fundamentals, structure, and syntax
• Defining XML using DTDs and schemas
• Using namespaces to resolve naming conflicts
• Building XML schema utilizing complex types
• Using XHTML to bridge HTML with XML
• Working with XLink
• Using CSS in XML environments
• Linking to XML fragments with XPointer
• Making the most of XSL Transformations (XSLT)
• Using key XML applications: SMIL, SVG, and WDDX
• Manipulating XML with the DOM

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• with more to come!

About the Author:

DAN LIVINGSTON, founder of Wire Man Productions, is a leading-edge Web designer, serving clients such as Apple, Novell, Pacific Bell, and Landor. His sites, which have garnered awards from Yahoo! and USA Today, have been featured on CNN. With co-author Micah Brown he has written several books, including Essential PERL 5 for Web Professionals, winner of Planet IT«s award as Best Book for Web Design and Development.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130662542
• ISBN 13: 9780130662545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384