Sams Teach Yourself XML in 10 Minutes

The real title should be "Learn all about what XML is, with a few examples, in a bit over 3 hours, ten minutes at a time." But that wouldn't sell the book by its cover. Very clear, following the "tell you, tell you, told you" style. A bit dry but mostly very easy learning since it's in ten-minute chunks. Takes the mystery out of XML. Opens your eyes to all that it can do. Finally makes clear what a "DOM" is (document object model.

"SAMS Teach Yourself XML in 10 Minutes" is an introductory text for people who want to learn XML. While the author covers XML in sufficient detail for the complete novice to understand, he also gives illustrations of how it resembles and differs from HTML. I have done some basic HTML and Java programming before and found that the transition to learning XML was easy with the assistance of this book. It contains enough basic stuff that nothing important is missed but moves along quick enough to keep it from becoming repetitive and boring. By the end I not only could write simple XML documents, but also was working with Cascading Style Sheets and the Document Object Model. This is a great introductory course that equips the reader with all the basics of XML. There is a lot more to XML than what is in this book, but "SAMS Teach Yourself XML in 10 Minutes" is a thorough course in the basics of XML. This is a recommended purchase for anyone wanting to get a basic level understanding of XML.