Table of content
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- Cover
- Cover
- LOC
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: An Architectural Overview of XML
- How Computing Started and Has Evolved
- Introducing XML
- How Is XML Relevant?
- What Can It Help?
- Microsoft .NET
- What Are the Next Steps?
- Where Do You Want to Go?
- Chapter 2: XML Basics
- The Goals of XML
- The XML Language
- Document Instances
- Moving Forward
- Chapter 3: Parsing XML Documents
- What Does an XML Parser Do?
- Tree-Based Parsing with the DOM
- Stream-Based Parsing with SAX
- Choosing a Parsing Method
- Available Parsers
- Parsing XML Within the .NET Framework
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Database Integration
- Databases and XML
- Using XML with Relational Database Management Systems
- XML Support in Commercial Relational Database Management Systems
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Web Development
- The Web Publishing Process
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
- An Example Application
- Final Thoughts
- Chapter 6: Building User Interfaces
- Modeling a User Interface in XML
- XML Benefits
- Layout Management
- List Views
- Navigation
- Input Controls
- Putting it All Together
- Chapter 7: XML-Based Messaging
- Messaging Overview
- XML-Based Messaging
- The SOAP Messaging Framework
- Web Services
- The BizTalk Framework Initiative
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Creating Metadata
- Metadata and XML
- Using XML for Metadata Definition
- Obtaining Metadata
- Using a Web Service
- .NET Support for Metadata and Web Services
- Generating a Client Proxy from XML Metadata
- An Overview of .NET Remoting
- Remoting Examples
- Remoting Object Model Overview
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Building a Server Application
- Application Overview
- The Golf Reservation System Server Application
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10: Creating A Client
- Client Application Overview
- Client Code
- Where to From Here?
- Chapter 11: Platform Development
- Legacy Mechanisms for Cross-Platform Development
- Building Cross-Platform Applications Using Web Services
- Issues in Object Development and Multiple-Platform Design
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12: Legacy Systems Integration
- A Definition of Legacy Systems Integration
- Challenges to Integration
- Creating Interfaces to Legacy Systems
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