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| Altova products are highly regarded by authors of reference guides on XML and related technologies. This page lists recently published books that discuss and include examples using XMLSpy and other tools in the Altova MissionKit™. Check out any book from this list to experience a deep dive into the subject area.
 | | Dynamic Web Application Development Using XML and Java
by David Parsons
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Paperback 544 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: July, 2008
Publisher’s Description: Using Java server side frameworks and XML-based page generation with device-adaptive mark-up, this is a contemporary and well targeted coverage of important areas of web application development including Ajax, mobile Internet development, XML transformation, adaptive markup, web services and web application frameworks. It shows you how to build functionality into a website using standard patterns and technologies. These will work as a basic framework from which you will be able to explore more challenging developments such as porting applications to mobile devices and including Web 2.0 features.
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 | | XSLT, Second Edition, Mastering XML Transformations
by Doug Tidwell
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Paperback 986 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: June, 2008
Publisher’s Description: After years of anticipation and delay, the W3C finally released the XSLT 2.0 standard in January 2007. The revised edition of this classic book offers practical, real-world examples that demonstrate how you can apply XSLT stylesheets to XML data using either the new specification, or the older XSLT 1.0 standard.
The new edition of XSLT has been updated thoroughly to explain XSLT 2.0's many dependencies, notably XML Schema and XPath 2.0. Want to find out how the 2.0 specification improves on the old? This book will explain.
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 | | Pro SQL Server 2008 XML
by Michael Coles
Publisher: Apress
Hardcover 466 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: May, 2008
Publisher’s Description: Knowledge and ability to apply XML are de rigueur in today’s world, and SQL Server developers and administrators are no exception to that rule. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML is your key to unlocking the powerful XML feature set first introduced in SQL Server 2005 and since refined in SQL Server 2008. Author Michael Coles shows how to store XML using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type. Learn to query and manipulate XML data using standard technologies such as XQuery and XSLT. No SQL Server database professional can afford to be without knowledge of the XML feature set. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML delivers on the knowledge that you need to remain competitive in your career.
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 | | XSLT 2.0 & XPath 2.0
by Frank Bongers
Publisher: Galileo Computing
Hardcover 1151 pages
Language: German
Publication Date: 2008 Edition
Publisher’s Description: This book offers a complete introduction into the complex matter of the transformation of XML files using XSLT. The text elements and instructions of XSLT and the elements and functions of the path description language XPath are also described. Current to XSLT 2.0.
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 | | Dynamic Web Application Development Using PHP and MySQL
by Simon Stobart, David Parsons
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Paperback 440 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: January, 2008
Publisher’s Description: Using PHP scripting and the MySQL database management system, this is a contemporary and well targeted coverage of important areas of web application development including Ajax, adaptive markup, web application frameworks, standards and conformance, accessibility and security issues. It shows you how to build functionality into a website using a variety of technologies. These will work as a basic framework from which you will be able to explore more challenging developments such as porting applications to mobile devices and including more Web 2.0 features.
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 | | XML: Your visual blueprint for building expert websites with XML, CSS, XHTML, and XSLT
by Rob Huddleston
Publisher: Visual / Wiley
Paperback 292 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: November, 2007
Publisher’s Description: If you're a visual learner, you'll love the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. High-resolution screen shots demonstrate over 100 key XML techniques, including choosing a text editor, adding entities and CDATA to XML documents, restricting the recurrence of elements, and generating XML using Access or Excel. Learn to create an XHTML transitional page, loop and sort with XSLT, debug with Firebug, and much more. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step.
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 | | Professional XML
by Bill Evjen, Kent Sharkey, Thiru Thangarathinam, Michael Kay, Alessandro Vernet, Sam Ferguson
Publisher: Wrox
Paperback 856 pages
Language: English
Publication Date: April 2007
Publisher’s Description: As XML gains popularity, developers are looking to implement XML technologies in their line-of-business applications. This book offers readers real-world insight into XML so that they can build the best possible applications. Offers an in-depth look at XML and discusses XML tools, services (RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL), programming (DOM, SAX, Ajax), and languages (.NET, Java, PHP).
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