XML Processing with Perl, Python, and PHP: Also Covers Tel, Rebol, Ruby, and AppleScript

by Martin C. Brown

• ISBN13: 9780782152227
• ISBN10: 0782152228
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

XML is an elegant solution to the problem of data portability. Like all breakthroughs, however, it gives rise to new challenges. With XML, you can store and structure data for seamless, cross-platform exchange-which is especially crucial in today's e-commerce environments. But XML does no processing itself. To leverage XML data, you need to use a programming language. XML Programming with Perl, Python, and PHP teaches you to reap the special advantage of processing your XML with these and four other scripting languages, which-as you'll see-trump C, C++, and Java in a variety of ways. Along this path lie shorter development times and lower costs. At its end lie performance benefits such as superior text processing, memory management, and data modeling capabilities, as well as strategic benefits such as greater longevity and broader compatibility. Choose the language that makes the most sense for you and move ahead. With this book's help you'll master the execution of remote procedures, the internal modeling of XML data, the exporting of internal data into XML, and the conversion of XML to formats as varied as SQL, HTML, and proprietary configuration schemes. Application-specific examples keep you focused on the real world; at the same time, the scripting techniques you'll learn all rise above specific applications. Like XML data, they're flexible, and they'll serve you well in whatever context you're working.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Applying XML

Introduction to XML

Fundamentals of XML

Data Type Definitions (DTDs)

Applying XML with Scripting Languages

Data Exchange and XML

XML and Perl

XML Solutions in Perl

Perl and Unicode

Generating and Parsing XML Documents with Perl

Converting XML Documents Using Perl

Applying SOAP/XML-RPC in Perl

XML and Python

XML Solutions in Python

Python and Unicode

Generating and Parsing XML Documents with Python

Converting XML Documents Using Python

Applying SOAP/XML-RPC in Python

Zope and XML Documents

XML and PHP

XML and PHP

Developing XML Applications with PHP

PHP and XML-RPC

XML and Other Languages

XML and REBOL

XML and Ruby

XML and Tcl

AppleScript and XML

Appendices

Unicode Quick Reference

Resource Guide

Index

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