Nitty Gritty XML - Softcover

Stein, Magnus; Dellwig, Ingo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201758741 ISBN 13: 9780201758740

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

Introduces elements and the declaration of their attributes for creating documents with the extensible markup language (XML). The authors explain the rules for incorporating document type definition and cascading style sheets. An HTML reference chapter shows which attributes belong to the individual tags and what effects they achieve. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Ingo Dellwig, a young computer expert, founded SPECTROsoftware,several years ago, which produces homepages for companies in a variety of industries. Magnus Stein is a young computer scientist who has been interested in computer hardware and programming for many years. 0201758741AB10012001

From the Back Cover

Ever find that you only have time for the basics? Then get down to the Nitty Gritty.

This book provides a structured introduction to XML (Existensible Markup Language) technology and the practical ways in which this can be used -- from DTD and stylesheet definitions to XSL and XSLT as well as hyperlinks in XML (XLink). Tips and tricks relating to each individual topic and a quick reference section detailing the key commands complete the book.

Let's get down to the nitty gritty of:

• XML Basics
• DTD
• Stylesheets
• XSL
• XSLT
• XLink
• Quick Reference
• WML

Nitty Gritty provides the most important facts that you will need to know to get up and running in new programming topics quickly and when you have become proficient you can use it as an on-going reference book for all the fundamentals.

Divided into 3 sections this book provides everything you need to know to get going and stay running:

• Introduction -- all the most important topics that you'll need to get working now.
• Practical tips and tricks -- find out how to put those important concepts into practise and get expert tips on how to improve your programming.
• Reference section -- all the important instructions and topics in one easy reference section so that you can refer back to the book again and again.

Nitty-gritty: the basic and most important facts, the essential substance or details.

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The very fact that you are looking at this book proves that you are interested in a language with a future, since the possibilities for XML are downright enormous. We will do all we can to provide you with a quick, concise introduction to the subject. If you already have some prior knowledge about HTML, you will be better able to put it into practice with the aid of this book. If not, you will also find here an HTML crash course and the corresponding reference with the most important tags.

Read more about the following technologies: DTD, SGML, CSS, XSL, XSLT, XLINKS and XHTML. You will get to know the underlying interrelationships. Unfortunately, it would be beyond the scope of this book for us to go into detail about each of these topics, but, when you have read the book, you will know at which point you should hook into XML in order to achieve your goals. We hope you will enjoy reading this book and quickly learn what you need to know. 0201758741P07192001

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201758741
• ISBN 13: 9780201758740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336