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 | Build database applications with relational databases (including
SQL Server 2000), ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and XML, using XML data
in the most appropriate places in the application |
| Use XML to make remote method calls, using SOAP and Microsoft's ROPE, across HTTP and through firewalls |
| Create client applications using Internet Explorer and XML that
provide the user with a customized and interactive user experience |
| Use XML on a Web server to provide cross-browser support for Web applications and persist state |
| Use XML as a cross-platform way to communicate data between the components in an n-tier, distributed application |
| Use variables to build attribute values and store default values. |
| Design named templates that act as subroutines in and XSLT stylesheet. |
| Use XSLT to calculate results and do totaling based on XML data. |
| Handle HTML tags in the content of your XML source document. |
| Decide if and when to use processor-specific extensions in your XSLT applications. |
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Databases and XML |
| Using XML in Database Applications |
| OLE DB and ADO |
| Working with XML Data in ADO
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| XML and SQL Server 2000
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Soap on a Rope: XML and Web Services |
| A Brief History of Remote Procedure Calls
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| Introducing SOAP
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| Programming SOAP
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| Microsoft's SOAP Toolkit
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| Programming SOAP on a Rope
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XML on the Client: Internet Explorer Applications |
| Where Should XML Be Processed?
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| XML Data Islands
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| XML Data Source Object
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| Storing Local State
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| Security Considerations
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XML on the Server |
| Why Use XML on the Server?
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| Using the ServerXMLHTTP Object
and XMLHTTPRequest Objects |
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XML in Distributed Applications |
| Building Distributed Applications with XML
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| Moving Data Around a Distributed Application
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| A Distributed Example |
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Traditional Programming Concepts and XSLT |
| Programming Concepts You Can Use |
| Working with Variables
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| Calling Named Templates
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| Using Functions
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| Creating Modular Stylesheet Solutions
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Creating an XML Result Tree |
| XML-Structured Variables
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| XML Node Creation Elements
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Doing Calculations in XSLT |
| Programming with No Side Effects
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| Applying Recursive Programming Techniques
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Common XSLT Challenges |
| Applying XSLT
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| How Do I Group Data?
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| Grouping Data: Another Solution
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| How Do I Copy HTML Tags from the Data |
| How Do I Add or Remove
Whitespace? |
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Using Processor-Specific Extensions |
| The Mechanics of Extensions
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| Should You Use Extensions?
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| Recovering from Missing Extensions
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| The Future of HTML is Built on XML
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| Introducing XHTML
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| The Rigid XHTML Syntax
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| XHTML Extensions Under Development
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Maximizing XML Performance |
| XML Performance
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| XML DOM Performance
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| DOM vs. SAX
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