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Given the ubiquity of XML and Web services applications in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace, getting hands-on experience with XML-based technologies and tools is now more important then ever. Read below to find out about Altova's comprehensive collection of tools and services for learning XML.

Altova offers developers numerous tools for learning XML, whether you prefer to learn on your own with tutorials and manuals, learn from expert instructors online, or attend classes customized based on your team’s goals and skill level.

Sometimes the best way to learn a new technology or product is by diving in and getting your hands dirty. Altova XML development software includes user-friendly views and features such as entry helpers, graphical development views, and code completion that help you learn how to use the tools – as well as the technologies they support – quickly and easily.

Altova XML tools are available for a free 30-day trial period, so you can download them at any time to start working. The software includes example files and tutorials that help you learn its features and capabilities inside and out. For instance, if you’re just starting to work with XSLT 2.0, you can open, edit, and debug the XSLT 2.0 example files included with XMLSpy, or use MapForce to autogenerate standards-conformant XSLT 2.0 stylesheets from one of the sample mappings included in the product. You can even open a sample design included with StyleVision to generate XSLT 2.0 from a visual design, and then generate XSLT 1.0 from the same design to compare the two stylesheets.

Altova software also includes product tutorials that help you learn everything from DTD and XML Schema, to XSLT and XPath, to SOAP and WSDL. You will find these tutorials inside the Help menu after downloading and installing the software. The product tutorials can also be found in the Altova online help files.

All Altova tools come with comprehensive documentation that includes feature details, usage instructions, helpful hints, and tutorials. Documentation is built into the software as an interactive help system and is also available online on the Altova Web site and in hard-copy manuals. These options ensure that the product information is available to you when and how you need it.

In addition, the Altova books page contains a list of manuals and books helpful for learning XML.

Start learning XML with the user-friendly views, intelligent features, documentation, example files, and tutorials included with Altova software. Download a free 30-day trial of the Altova® MissionKit™ 2008 today!