XML Developer

Overview & Objectives:
This intensive, hands-on course concentrates on the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and building XML applications. In this 5-day course, you'll learn by doing, focusing on the XML components of an application and how to best use these components. Investigate database integration as well as manipulation with both the Document Object Model (DOM) and the eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). In addition, you will complete an extensive, real-world case study for immediate feedback and assistance. XML is fueling the hottest web technologies in the industry right now. Maximize the usability of your web site while maintaining the structure necessary to allow the site to grow. XML separates data from display so there is no end parser in mind - display the same information on a web browser, a cell phone, or a Palm Pilot.

Course Duration:
4 Days (Part-time or Fulltime available)

Who should attend:
This course is for web development professionals who would like to learn how to program using XML.

Prerequisites:
Familiarity with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working knowledge of JavaScript

Course modules:

1. Introduction to XML
2. XML and Browser Compatibility
3. Examining an XML Application
4. XML Syntax
5. Document Type Definitions (DTDs)
6. XML Namespaces and XML Schemas
7. Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to Present XML Data
8. Extensible Style Sheet Language (XSL)
9. Displaying Complex Structures with XSL
10. Conditional Logic in XSL
11. XPath Expressions and XSL Functions
12. Building the HTML Front End to XML Data
13. Dynamic XSL Changes
14. Using XSL to Produce New XML
15. Incorporating CSS with XSL; The XML DOM
16. Introduction to XSLT
17. Review: Processing an XML Datasheet with XSL
18. Using XSL to parse documents sequentially
19. Numbering with xsl:number
21. Functions and Calculations
22. Writing Reusable Code
23. Modes: Applying Different Templates to Nodes with the Same Name
24. Producing Output in Multiple Formats
25. Dynamic Modification of XSL
26. Including External Code Libraries
27. Introduction to the XML DOM

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