learn xml

I’m using the book XML in Easy Steps by Mike McGath

Done
I already knew html and css.
Now I know xml, and everything it comes with it: XPath, XSL, XSLT even xaml.
Next stop ecmascript.
(I’m leaving xul out till after javascript)

I’m studying xml this spring, and it’s still really easy. I hope it gets harder, you know, for the challenge.

i should learn xml fo a project,but as an computer Engineer, i should know this thechnology. XML let u to communicate between diffrente application and database, so LET’S GET IT!
i started reading “New Riders – XML and PHP”.
hope finishing it soon :)

I need a understanding of XML to make a web based interface for some equipment at work. I really don’t have the time to learn this properly but I will need to learn enough to complete the project. It’s always fun when I learn even a little of a new Language

I find that my knowledge of XML, being a system administrator, isn’t of great use. Most of the XML I use is more about knowing the specific format and the basic understanding of XML simply comes with it. It is helpful most for understanding the difference between XHTML and HTML, but I’m not sure this is real important to me.

XSL !! Finally found something which mentions it…though I have yet to find a good source of tutorials on how to make them. Can you tell I’m a beginner at this topic? :)

Wish me luck.

I suspect there’s a fundamental element of this that I’m totally missing. I just wish I could figure out what it is

I’ve searched through so many XML tutorials. It is getting really frustrating. They tell me the history of XML, how it differs from HTML, semantics of the jargon, how to build and validate my XML, how cool and useful XML is and the number of applications it has. Everything except how I can actually implement it on a website!

I’m working on a project which is requiring SQL Server and XML. Generating the XML is really easy with SQL Server since they built it in as a new feature SQL Server 2000.

I’m still trying to figure out where to go from there. I found one tutorial that showed me how to embed this code in a web page, but all I end up with is an empty page (despite the XML file seeming to conform with the given examples).

I guess I keep hunting.

A few months ago I got an extra Westlake Training XML course manual from a co-worker and read through the beginning explaining what XML is and what makes a document well-formed and valid. I also read a lot of material on W3Schools, Wikipedia, and other sources. A few weeks after acquiring the manual I called up Westlake and got the new location of the course files to do the exercises, but then got sidetracked.

Finally last week I saw an announcement on the DC Web Women mailing list about a super-discounted 2-hour XML workshop being offered to members by Westlake. For $20 I found out I already knew a lot (the first 90 minutes were spent by the instructor basically demonstrating ways in which documents can be well-formed and valid or invalid), but I also got a chance to see some integrated examples of XML with XSLT and JavaScript and ask some questions. Now I feel pretty confident that I can write my own XSL and integrate XML data into HTML pages.

My new project idea is to build a web app for studying Japanese in the form of flashcards and flashcard quizzes. That way I can learn XML, XSL, and JavaScript, and study Japanese during free time at work and become super awesome fluent super fast. Yay!