Just XML - Softcover

Simpson, John E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139434178 ISBN 13: 9780139434174

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

XML offers Web developers an unprecedented opportunity to add meaning and flexibility to their sites. If you want to get results with XML fast, without a lot of theory or hype, Just XML is a great place to start. It's a complete practitioner's guide to using XML. Throughout the book, concrete examples illuminate each key aspect of XML development. Once you thoroughly understand what can be achieved with XML, you'll walk step-by-step through the development of a comprehensive DTD that leverages XML's full power. Whether you've used HTML or SGML before, Just Java delivers "just the facts" you need to build advanced XML applications faster than you ever imagined.

About this title

About the Author

John Simpson has been an applications programmer and systems analyst since 1979. Since 1993, he has been a Distributed Systems Specialist with the City of Tallahassee, Florida, responsible for database and Web development and management.

From the Back Cover

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Sharpen up your website without complicated programming languages.

Discover how much you can do with Just XML!

With technologies for the Internet developing almost as fast as the Internet itself, it's easy to be overwhelmed by all of the options. But when you strip away the frills, you'll discover that building a sophisticated website doesn't require a Ph.D. in computer science, just the right tools for the job. John E. Simpson shares the simple secrets behind XML-eXtensible Markup Language-the powerful tool that adds meaning and functionality to your website without complicated code, compilers, or development kits.

Even if you've never used HTML before, Just XML will walk you through the basics of creating and maintaining your own customizable XML applications, including:

• Xlink and XPointers, the enhanced linking tools of XML.
• Cascading Style Sheets to fine-tune your pages' appearance on any browser
• XSL, the eXtensible Style Language.
• DTDs, the Document Type Definitions that underlie the presentation of XML pages.

Drawing on everyday examples from daily newspapers to B movies of the 1950s, Just XML gets you started quickly. Of course you'll learn the theory along the way, but, most important, you'll be using XML hands-on from the very beginning. Before you waste time and money learning those other complicated programs, master the simple secret: you can do it with Just XML.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0139434178
• ISBN 13: 9780139434174
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400