Xmlspy Handbook [Anglais] [Broché]

Say you know only a little bit about Extensible Markup Language (XML). You know what it is, generally, and some of the roles it plays in software. You don't, however, feel ready to do real work with it. The Official XMLSPY Handbook fits your requirements brilliantly by simultaneously introducing you to XML and XMLSPY, which is one of the most popular tools for generating, editing, and analyzing XML documents. Certain aspects of theory that you'd get from a standards-based XML book (XML in a Nutshell is one of the best) fail to appear in this practical guide for programmers, but then it's rare to win a contract because you know the standards documents exclusively.

Practical from page one, author Larry Kim begins with a quick introduction to the mechanics of XMLSPY 5 (which appears in 90-day full-featured demo form on the companion CD-ROM), then explores the software's features--which happen to coincide with XML's handiest capabilities--one by one. Though the graphics are sometimes small and grainy, Kim does an admirable job of explaining how XML and its related technologies work, and especially how XMLSPY fits into the practical picture. The reader is left wanting only one significant feature: information on how to design XML into applications, not just implement it. That's a big subject, though, and one that might best be left for Kim's next book. --David Wall

Topics covered: Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL Transformations (XSLT), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Definition Language (WSDL), and how all of these interact with Altova's XMLSPY development environment. You'll learn how to manipulate XML and its variations in XMLSPY, and get a bit of background on how each works.

• Covers all the features of the number one XML development tool-currently used by over 500,000 developers worldwide
• Written by one of Altova's top XML "spies," this book will be an indispensable study guide for XML Spy Certification
• Addresses topics that will appeal to XML newbies and veterans who are looking to build XML applications, documents, and Web services more quickly and easily
• Shows how to work with XML views, create and manage XML Spy projects, XML fundamentals, DTDs, and schemas
• CD-ROM includes a sixty day trial version of XML Spy

Reveals all the secrets of this award-winning XML development environment, already used by more than 1 million registered users worldwide. A definitive handbook and the official textbook for xmlspy training and certification. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Larry Kim is Technical Director for Altova, the coauthor of several leading books on Java, and a much sought-after speaker on XML topics. He was Product Manager for Macromedia's JRun and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, including the XML Conference & Expo and Java One.