false 324830 0 0 857508 0596100507 9780596100506 1 <![CDATA[XML Pocket Reference]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178939258m/857508.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178939258s/857508.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/857508.XML_Pocket_Reference 3.71 7 A perennial bestseller, the handy "XML Pocket Reference" from O'Reilly has been revised once again to give you quick access to the latest goods. In addition to its comprehensive look at XML, this third edition has been updated with new material on Namespaces and XML Schema--considered among the most important elements in current XML use--along with RELAX NG and Schematron, additional powerful tools for describing XML document structures.

Like other titles in O'Reilly's Pocket Reference series, the "XML Pocket Reference," 3rd Edition features a well-organized format that gets right to the point. As a result, it's already won over the allegiance of developers everywhere. If you need XML answers quick and on the fly, this compact book is most definitely the book for you.

]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 123681 3.50 46 13 2005 2522684 0596518773 9780596518776 2 <![CDATA[Learning Rails]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2522684.Learning_Rails 4.20 5 Learning Rails takes a web-centric approach to the popular web application framework, making it easier to get started.

Most Rails books are written for programmers who have already worked in other frameworks. They explain how to handle the inner parts of an application first -- models and controllers -- before moving on to the view. For web developers who know HTML and JavaScript, though, starting with databases is a painful way to learn Rails.

This book approaches Rails from the outer layer, letting web designers create something visible before reaching the difficult database models and controller code in the inner layers. With Learning Rails, you can start from the HTML and programming you already know, and then move more deeply into Ruby, objects, and database structures.

Once the book gets you up and running, you'll learn how to: <ul> <li>Present content by building a simple application with a basic view and a simple controller, while learning Ruby along the way</li> <li>Build forms and process their results, moving from the simple to the complex</li> <li>Connect forms to models by setting up a database, and use Rails' Active Record to create code that maps to database structures</li> <li>Use Rails scaffold to build applications from a view-centric perspective</li> <li>Manage content with Rails using features like routing and layouts</li> <li>Add common web applications elements like sessions, cookies, and authentication</li> <li>Build applications that combine data in multiple tables</li> <li>Test data structures and deploy them to a production environment</li> <li>Create dynamic interfaces with Rails and Ajax</li> </ul> By the end of the book, you'll be comfortable working in Rails. You won't be a Ruby guru, but you'll be ready to take advantage of other resources for becoming one.

This approach may test the patience of hardcore programmers. But, while databases and objects may be at the core of web application development, they aren't necessarily at the core of everyone's web application skills. If you'd rather learn Rails from the outside in, working with the more familiar view side of the application, you're in the right place with Learning Rails.]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 442127 4.38 8 3 0 853993 0596001193 9780596001193 0 <![CDATA[Programming Web Services with XML-RPC (O'Reilly Internet Series)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178921883m/853993.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178921883s/853993.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/853993.Programming_Web_Services_with_XML_RPC 3.40 5 Programming Web Services with XML-RPC introduces the simple but powerful capabilities of XML-RPC, which lets you connect programs running on different computers with a minimum of fuss, by wrapping procedure calls in XML and establishing simple pathways for calling functions. With XML-RPC, Java programs can talk to Perl scripts, which can talk to Python programs, ASP applications, and so on. You can provide access to procedure calls without having to worry about the system on the other end, so it's easy to create services that are available on the Web. XML-RPC isn't the only solution for web services; the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is another much-hyped protocol for implementing web services. While XML-RPC provides fewer capabilities than SOAP, it also has far fewer interoperability problems and its capabilities and limitations are much better understood. XML-RPC is also stable, with over 30 implementations on a wide variety of platforms, so you can start doing real work with it immediately. Programming Web Services with XML-RPC covers the details of five XML-RPC implementations, so you can get started developing distributed applications in Java, Perl, Python, ASP, or PHP. The chapters on these implementations contain code examples that you can use as the basis for your own work. This book also provides in-depth coverage of the XML-RPC specification, which is helpful for low-level debugging of XML-RPC clients and servers. And if you want to build your own XML-RPC implementation for another environment, the detailed explanations in this book will serve as a foundation for that work.]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 56395 3.96 26 3 2001 843400 0596005385 9780596005382 0 <![CDATA[Office 2003 XML]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178833780m/843400.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178833780s/843400.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/843400.Office_2003_XML 3.33 3 Office 2003 XML offers an in-depth exploration of the relationship between XML and Office 2003, examining how the various products in the Office suite both produce and consume XML. Developers will learn how they can connect Microsoft Office to others systems, while power users will learn to create and analyze XML documents using familiar Office tools. The book begins with an overview of the XML features included in the various Office 2003 components, and explores in detail how Word, Excel, and Access interact with XML. This book covers both the user interface side, creating interfaces so that users can comfortably (and even unknowingly) work with XML, and the back end, exposing Office information to other processes. It also looks at Microsoft's new InfoPath application and how it fits with the rest of Office. Finally, the book's appendices introduce various XML technologies that may be useful in working with Office, including XSLT, W3C XML Schema, RELAX NG, and SOAP. Office 2003 XML provides quick and clear guidance to a anyone who needs to import or export information from Office documents into other systems. Both XML programmers and Office power will learn how to get the most from this powerful new intersection between Office 2003 and XML. ]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 297164 3.33 6 1 2004 2396222 155828592X 9781558285927 0 <![CDATA[Xml: A Primer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2396222.Xml_A_Primer 4.00 1 XML: A Primer is an interesting and well-crafted read. Stylistic considerations aside, it is also a useful introduction for anyone who does considerable work in HTML or SGML.

St. Laurent explains the nuanced differences between XML and HTML, stating, "Using XML requires a different focus, demanding that designers examine the way that their documents are built rather than the way they are formatted." He later comments, "XML doesn't go nearly as far as SGML in requiring conformance to standards, but it may still come as a shock to HTML developers. XML standards refer to processors (parsers), not to browsers, because much XML development will be intended for machine-readable data applications rather than graphically exciting web pages."

If you are curious about the hype surrounding XML, ready for an XML book you can read cover to cover, and comfortable with lengthy code examples, XML: A Primer will offer you the knowledge you need to understand this emerging technology.

]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 1005249 4.00 1 0 1998 2961527 2841774015 9782841774012 0 <![CDATA[XML, précis & concis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2961527.XML_pr_cis_concis 2.00 1 324830 3.36 25 3 123681 3.50 46 13 0 1897083 0071341161 9780071341165 0 <![CDATA[Building Xml Applications]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189988671m/1897083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189988671s/1897083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1897083.Building_Xml_Applications 2.00 1 Building XML Applications by Simon St. Laurent and Ethan Cerami is a fitting choice for Java/XML developers.

Building XML Applications covers XML and its relationship to SGML and HTML (its Web markup language relatives). The book explores the power of XML as it relates to other key technologies, including relational databases, file systems, and object databases. Also illustrated is the symbiotic relationship XML will have with various information infrastructures.

This XML guide presents a step-by-step introduction to XML syntax. Well-formed documents are discussed in depth, and the guide explores available tools for helping you create Document Type Definitions (DTDs). It's rare to find an XML book that covers cascading style sheets (CSS), and Web developers will benefit from coverage of the competing document style models--the more established CSS and the lesser used eXtensible Style Language (XSL)--as the transition from CSS to XSL becomes more likely to occur.

There are generous sections on XML parsers with complete coverage of the /ELFRED and Microsoft parsers, as well as the Simple API for XML (SAX). Six real-world examples are provided, making this book appropriate for budding XML coders using both Java applets and full applications. With a good balance of foundational material and sample code, this title offers a well-rounded introduction to Java/XML application development. --Stephen W. Plain

]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 636639 2.67 3 0 1999 2091871 007212220X 9780072122206 0 <![CDATA[XML Elements of Style]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2091871.XML_Elements_of_Style 1.00 1 324830 3.36 25 3 1999 2091870 007134621X 9780071346214 0 <![CDATA[Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2091870.Inside_XML_DTDs_Scientific_and_Technical 1.00 1 Inside XML DTDs comes at the subject from both sides to illustrate the possibilities, preparing readers to create their own XML dialects.

This book really centers on the technical and scientific fields, demonstrating the benefits XML offers those disciplines through established XML implementations. MathML--an XML dialect that displays mathematical equations--and the Chemical Markup Language (CML) are two examples of the languages presented in depth. Authors Simon St. Laurent and Robert Biggar begin the book by pointing out the huge strides XML makes to span the gap between the technology of the Web and the language of many technology fields.

An introduction to the fundamental structures and syntax of XML is presented, culminating in chapters that focus on document type definitions (DTDs)--the core of the book. Some readers may be surprised that the majority of the book is dedicated to existing XML applications, but if they read closely they'll glean much useful information. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: XML syntax, DTD document design, XLink and XPointer, MathML, RDF and Dublin Core, VHGTM, CML, BioML, BSML, Weather Observation Markup Format, AML, AIML, and Perl-based XML processing.

]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 1999 6647181 0 <![CDATA[Learning Rails]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6647181-learning-rails 0.0 0 Learning Rails targets web developers whose programming experience is tied directly to the Web. Rather than begin with the inner layers of a Rails web application -- the models and controllers -- this unique book approaches Rails development from the outer layer: the application interface. You can start from the foundations of web design you already know, and then move more deeply into Ruby, objects, and database structures.]]> 324830 3.36 25 3 442127 4.38 8 3 2008