Friday, June 7, 2013

XForms is an XML format for the specification of a data processing model for XML data and user interface for the XML data. XForms can also be used to describe a user interface and a set of common data manipulation tasks.

Is XML Actually Useful or Is It Only a Lot of Extra Work for Nothing?

by nForms on June 7, 2013

What is XML good for? It looks to me like a LOT of extra typing and work to get absolutely nothing in return.
What is XML and how is it used? Please don't quote WIKI or a textbook to me. I don't believe anything from wiki and the textbooks are so full of themselves in details that they don't provide a reason for XML to exist.
Any web programming gurus here?

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What Is It Easiest and Fastest Way to Convert Xml to Comma Delimited Files?

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A revolutionary new technology for the rapidly expanding world of e-commerce, XUL (XML User Interface Language) is an XML-based user interface language that gives Web developers control over all aspects of theWeb interface. Featuring two tutorials on programming with XUL, this book shows developers how to use basic XUL elements to build a sample interface [...]

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XML Topic Maps (XTM) represent a powerful new tool for transforming the Web from a vast, chaotic sea of data into a highly usable information resource. XML Topic Maps is the first comprehensive, authoritative guide to this new technology. Edited by Jack Park, a leader of the XTM community, with contributions from leading members of [...]

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Professional SQL Server 2005 XML (Programmer to Programmer)

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Discusses SQL Server 2005 XML from the server and client sides Examines using XSLT to render the XML data that is retrieved from SQL Server, particularly for ASP.NET Addresses SQL Server relationship with schemas, SOAP, XML security, and .NET Makes extensive use of examples to solve problems that programmers face on an everyday basis and [...]

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XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition

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If you're a developer working with XML, you know there's a lot to know about XML, and the XML space is evolving almost moment by moment. But you don't need to commit every XML syntax, API, or XSLT transformation to memory; you only need to know where to find it. And if it's a detail [...]

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PHP Oracle Web Development: Data Processing, Security, Caching,

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This practical book is built entirely around example code, covering the most popular and up-to-date topics on using PHP in conjunction with Oracle. The book explains in extensive detail how to build robust, efficient, and secure PHP/Oracle solutions. Although this book covers only the most popular and up-to-date topic areas on the use of PHP [...]

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Beginning XML With C# 2008: From Novice to Professional

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Beginning XML with C# 2008 focuses on XML and how it is used within .NET 3.5. As you’d expect of a modern application framework, .NET 3.5 has extensive support for XML in everything from data access to configuration, from raw parsing to code documentation. This book demystifies all of this. It explains the basics of [...]

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XML in 60 Minutes a Day

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* XML is now ubiquitous, not just in Web development, but as the underpinning of interactive Web services: applications that really do run on any platform * Includes twenty-four one-hour lessons that recreate a typical week-long introductory seminar * Provides readers with a sound, fundamental understanding of XML and how it changes application development * [...]

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