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XML Processing with Perl, Python, and PHP
-The only book that focuses on the usage of XML with the most popular scripting languages, including Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Rebol, TCL, and Mac OS X's AppleScript.
-Complete coverage of the core XML processing issues, including the basics of parsing XML documents, converting XML to and from different formats and translating objects for use with databases.
-This book goes beyond the basics into advanced topics, such as using the SAX API for Perl, and using SOAP and XML-RPC to share XML formatted information over a network connection.
-Complete coverage of the core XML processing issues, including the basics of parsing XML documents, converting XML to and from different formats and translating objects for use with databases.
-This book goes beyond the basics into advanced topics, such as using the SAX API for Perl, and using SOAP and XML-RPC to share XML formatted information over a network connection.
422 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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February 18, 2009
When I saw this book in my library search results, I couldn't hit "reserve" fast enough. I want more experience with all four languages in the title.
I'm not very far into this book yet. So far, I'm not enthusiastic. The book seems more interested in teaching us XML jargon than how to use XML. And it bandies the jargon around for several pages before giving a clear explanation of it. I've been writing HTML for ten years, and I was really baffled by the phrase "character entities", which the book threw around for several pages before it became clear that they were just talking about special characters like ampersands that can give you programming trouble. Grr.
I thought the age of the book might mean it would be easier, that everything in there would be extra-standard. But I think it means that standards, and even the language, hadn't quite been settled yet.
On a positive note, I like that at the end of Chapter 1, they tell you which chapters to focus on given your experience with XML and the other languages. I'm hoping there are more examples in the PHP chapters and less (outdated?) jargon.
I'm not very far into this book yet. So far, I'm not enthusiastic. The book seems more interested in teaching us XML jargon than how to use XML. And it bandies the jargon around for several pages before giving a clear explanation of it. I've been writing HTML for ten years, and I was really baffled by the phrase "character entities", which the book threw around for several pages before it became clear that they were just talking about special characters like ampersands that can give you programming trouble. Grr.
I thought the age of the book might mean it would be easier, that everything in there would be extra-standard. But I think it means that standards, and even the language, hadn't quite been settled yet.
On a positive note, I like that at the end of Chapter 1, they tell you which chapters to focus on given your experience with XML and the other languages. I'm hoping there are more examples in the PHP chapters and less (outdated?) jargon.
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