Book Review: XML and ASP.NET
Sometimes I find myself giving a book a good review simply because it
provided specific information that I was ready to use at the time. In
this respect, XML and ASP.NET provided the answers I was looking for upon my
first reading, and for that it gets high marks. But I recently went back and
re-read the book in its entirety and found just how much useable information is
packed within these 800 pages. Now this book is near the top of my
list of recommended reading in my ever growing library of
.NET titles.
As a .NET developer, I was already somewhat familiar with XML and its related
topics. I was not interested in an XML-only reference; but, rather a means of
understanding how XML is used within the .NET Framework and how best to exploit
XML solutions in developing my .NET applications. In this respect, the
authors were right on the mark.
XML
and ASP.NET
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Table of Contents
Part One - XML on the Client
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XML and ASP.NET: The Basics
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XML Schemas in .NET
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XML Presentation
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XML Tool Support in Visual Studio .NET
Part Two - XML on the Server
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MSXML Parser
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Exploring the System.Xml Namespace
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ASP.NET Extensibility with XML
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Database Access with ADO.NET and XML
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SQL Server 2000 and XML
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XML Serialization
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Creating and Using ASP.NET Web Services
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Sample Application:Developing an XML-Based Dynamic Web Page Builder Tool
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Sample Application: Mobile Device Programming with WAP, WML, and XHTML Basic
Appendixes
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ASP.NET Objects Reference
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Side-by-Side MSXML Reference
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XSLT Reference
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Highlights
The first section of the book does a great job of introducing the basic
concepts of XML and related topics, and the Visual Studio XML
tools--without being tedious. Moving into the second part of the book, XML on
the Server, there is a thorough presentation of the details of different
implementation techniques. I particularly liked the explanation of the MSXML
parser and the various other .NET alternatives. I found myself less interested
in the sample applications, although detail problems and their explanations can
be found within these samples.
Summary
I feel this book is well organized and very well written. And, especially for
me, it presented XML within the .NET Framework, and the Visual Studio
tool, in a way that I could use the information to create more robust, and
maintainable applications.
Thanks, Kirk Allen Evans, Ashwin Kamanna and Joel Mueller. XML
and ASP.NET gets a very high recommendation.
Steve Sharrock - www.AspAlliance.com/shark /
www.SharkCode.com
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