In the past, there were only two ways to parse an XML file—SAX (Simple API for XML) and DOM (Document Object Model). The first reads an XML file in a sequential manner and signals the application as it finds different XML components like elements and attributes, while the second creates a tree repre

(John Bailo) I have been fascinated with using XMLDocument in c# applications for the past year. I have used XML for local storage and small applications such as Windows services. I like the way they can be easily searched using XPath queries and the way I can load the whole table into a web browser

(Enrique Castro and Srilu Uppala) The first Web, the World Wide Web as envisioned by pioneers such as Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen in the early 1990s, was a human-to-machine (H2M) interface. The technology allowed a human using a special program, a Web browser, to access content posted on the

(Phillip Perkins) SOAP makes provisions for sending binary files across the transport protocol by encoding the binary data with base64 and attaching the encoded data to the SOAP message.

(Rajesh Sumra and R. Venkatvaradan) The lifecycle of any application typically involves four phases—requirements, design, development, and testing. Testing is the phase that guarantees value delivery to the customer. Testing, being an important process in the SDLC, is an area where better and effici

(Uche Ogbuji) Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) are well known as the most standards-compliant means of manipulating the look of HTML Web pages. They also happen to be the most practical way of displaying XML in browsers. Browsers have included support for CSS applied to XML much longer than XSLT, and the

(Marc Clifton) In the Nov. 29th newsletter, Chris Maunder mentioned that any XAML and Avalon articles would be welcomed. Based on a CP survey from several months ago, it would seem that at least half of CPians have never heard of XAML or don’t know what it is. I thought it might be useful to put t

(Vance McCarthy) A growing number of devs are finding benefits in learning hands-on XML skills. For example, devs at Quadrix Solutions have found that the more devs know about XML, they have in their hands the best "applications glue" they’ve ever worked with. Take a look a the 5 ways Quadrix engine

(Benoît Marchal) In this article, the author continues to work on a new version of XM, the simple content management solution that’s based on XML and integrated with Eclipse. He discusses issues faced while refactoring code and shows you how to create an incremental builder in Eclipse.

(Darryl K. Taft) As much as XML use grows for projects involving document and data manipulation, enterprises are finding that the benefits of XML are not without associated costs.