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Java & XML
by
Brett McLaughlin,
Justin Edelson (Goodreads Author)
Java and XML, 3rd Edition, shows you how to cut through all the hype about XML and put it to work. It teaches you how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is a new approach to managing information that touches everything from configuration files to web sites.
After two chapters on XML basics, including XPath, XSL, DTDs, and ...more
After two chapters on XML basics, including XPath, XSL, DTDs, and ...more
Paperback, 465 pages
Published
December 1st 2006
by O'Reilly Media
(first published 2000)
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Jul 10, 2007
Jessica
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Java Programmers, XML people, Geeks
Shelves:
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As a temporary developer for Stanford I am finding about the joys and perils on online research. Though most of my time is spent at a computer researching solutions for problems as I find them, I have (against the advice of the 2 programmers I spent most of my time with) started to read through this book. It is weighty, but the mere act reading a book fills me with a more solid surety in my ability than information gleaned from anonymous forums and user sites. It also works as a nice anti-RSI la
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This book is aimed at an intermediate/advanced level programmer who wants to get into java XML libraries. It's a practical guide by example. I found it useful, especially the chapter on JDOM, and the quick introduction chapter to web applications using XML--I would have liked that chapter to be expanded a bit more. The tools they mention throughout the book to help deal with XML were also extremely useful.

Avevo preso questo libro perché speravo mi desse qualche dritta in più su come usare XML in pratica, ma all'atto pratico mi sono accorto che si limitava a fare vedere come usare le API dei vari sistemi come SAX, DOM o JDOM. Tanto valeva prendersi i manuali online, allora :-(

Dec 31, 2008
Mike
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Software developers working with XML
I was the editor for this book, not the author. But Brett did an excellent job. This edition is out of date; if you're interested in XML and Java, get the third edition.

Sep 13, 2007
Kit
is currently reading it
i don't know crap about java so this book is confusing as hell. i'd stay away if you are a java newb.
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