XML Essential Training
with: Joe Marini

XML, or Extensible Markup Language, was designed to make information sharing and data interpretation easier, but it only works if you know how to work it. In XML Essential Training, veteran engineer and instructor Joe Marini takes you through the basic rules of XML, discusses suggested tools, explains XML syntax, and more. From integrating XML into your site to creating style sheets and Schema Definitions, XML Essential Training covers everything you need to not only get started, but to really get working with XML. Exercise files accompany the training, allowing you to

Table of contents

Introduction

Welcome 0:38 3.3 MB

1. Getting Started

What is XML? 3:42 3.3 MB
XML-related technologies 2:17 2.2 MB
Overview of tools for working with XML 12:22 16.2 MB

2. How XML Is Used

Describing information with XML 2:41 2.5 MB
Advantages and drawbacks of XML 4:25 4.1 MB
Real-life XML examples 6:47 13 MB

3. Basic Rules of XML

XML file contents 1:47 1.5 MB
Proper XML syntax 14:35 13.5 MB
Valid documents 1:25 1.2 MB
Namespaces in XML 4:09 4.1 MB
Whitespace handling 4:49 4.4 MB

4. Starting to Work with XML

Your first XML file 3:23 4.3 MB
Associating an XML file with a CSS stylesheet 3:40 4.5 MB
Styling XML tags with CSS 6:02 10.3 MB
Working with XML and CSS2 7:27 10.3 MB

5. XML and Internet Explorer Data Binding

Introduction: what are data islands? 1:34 1.5 MB
Defining a data island and binding to layout 7:23 13.3 MB
Styling data islands with CSS 1:59 3.5 MB
Advanced data islands 1:36 1.6 MB
Exercise: data paging 3:34 6.4 MB
Exercise: single-record binding 9:17 17.7 MB

6. Using the DOM to Manipulate XML

Introduction to the DOM 9:40 10.6 MB
Discovering what's new in the DOM 9:05 15.2 MB
Extracting information and manipulating data 11:09 21.6 MB
Creating new document content 17:26 33.5 MB
Bringing it all together: the DOM, XML pages, and HTML pages 22:37 44.5 MB

7. XML and XPath

What is XPath? 8:41 8.6 MB
Taking XPath for a spin 8:55 11.4 MB

8. Overview of XSLT (Exstensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)

What is XSLT? 5:01 4.8 MB
Styling XML with XSLT 6:00 5.1 MB

9. Real World XSLT Examples

Simple XSLT styling 6:54 9.7 MB
Using XSLT with CSS 2:22 3.8 MB
Repeating items 6:16 9.7 MB
Conditional logic 5:39 10.4 MB
Sorting and rearranging XML data 4:42 8.8 MB

10. Creating Document Type Definitions

What is a DTD? 2:57 2.6 MB
DTD syntax 1:58 1.8 MB
Declaring elements 6:32 5.8 MB
Declaring attributes 6:19 5.4 MB
Exercise: defining the DTD for our Business Card XML file 7:48 9.5 MB
Associating an external DTD with an XML document 3:55 4.8 MB

11. Creating XML Schema Definitions

What is XML Schema, and how is it different from other DTDs? 3:01 2.9 MB
Anatomy of a schema 1:39 1.6 MB
Declaring elements 13:26 12.9 MB
Declaring attributes 4:21 4.1 MB
Defining a Schema for our Business card 12:23 17.3 MB

12. Additional XML Processing

Introduction to SAX (Simple API for XML) 4:51 4.6 MB
How SAX works 1:16 1 MB
Working with XML and PHP 3:37 3 MB
Exercise: building a list of favorite links with SAX and PHP 21:08 40.6 MB
Working with XML in .NET 5:10 4.7 MB
Exercise: building a list of favorite links with XML and .NET 17:20 32.7 MB

13. Tools

Tools used in this title 0:27 0.5 MB

Conclusion

Goodbye 0:17 0 MB