If you're seeking ways to build network-based applications or XML-based
web services, Microsoft provides most of the tools you'll need. XML is
integrated into the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET, but if you
want to get a grasp on how .NET and XML actually work together, that's a
different story. With .NET & XML, you can get under the hood to see
how the .NET Framework implements XML, giving you the skills to write
understandable XML-based code that interoperates with code written with
other tools, and even other languages..NET & XML starts by introducing
XML and the .NET Framework, and then teaches you how to read and write
XML before moving on to complex methods for manipulating, navigating,
transforming, and constraining it. To demonstrate the power of XML in
.NET, author Niel Bornstein builds a simple hardware store inventory
system throughout the book. As you move from chapter to chapter, you'll
absorb increasingly complex information until you have enough knowledge
to successfully program your own XML-based applications. This tutorial
also contains a quick reference to the API, plus appendices present
additional .NET assemblies that you can use to work with XML, and how to
work with the .NET XML configuration file format.One study puts the
potential market for new software based on XML at or near $100 billion
over the next five years. The .NET Framework gives you a way to become a
part of it. But to use XML and .NET effectively, you need to understand
how these two technologies work together. This book gives you the
insight to take full advantage of the power the two provide.
