On 03-May-01 David Freeman wrote:
--- Neill Newman neill@entora.co.uk wrote:
David Freeman wrote:
OK - it could be done as a java server process on the
webserver/some
server somewhere, that way we could have a java client or a web client...the java server could spit/recieve XML and all could be
well
in the world...
XML != nice. HTML does the job fine.
hhmmm at the point of starting a flame I'd like to say that xml is very good at what it does, removes content from markup, html is contant and markup munged together, not nice!! html is ok for small/medium sites, but any decent large scale dynamic stuff is all xml with xslt->html translators, believe me, xml is worth the effort...
XML has always appeared as a very complex thing which I haven't needed to use for my very simple web site! Can any one recommend a good primer for XML.
I should get mozilla (IE is better for debug perposes) and then think about starting learning XML.
Next go to www.xml.com they have loads of resorces, and look up XML ans XSL tutorials. IGNOR every other bit of the XML bandwaggon untill you have made a few XSL style sheets for some XML documents, otherwise you will be overwelmed with information.
Dont get a book they are alway out of date by the time they are published, at least untill all the standards are being rattled down.
Next look at the DOM, then look at SAX, maybe design your own implementations and comapare your designs with real ones.
What will shoke you is how simple it all is and how much sence it makes when you play with it all for a while.
Regardes
Owen Synge