RE: Re: XML stuff (was: UKHA Classified update - SQL Hel p!)

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

> OK Tony, I give in, I think it was that little line of
> ASP.Net code that
> swung it, that really is neat stuff!

Hurrah!  Another convert!  Soon we'll take over the world :-)

> So, final questions on XML, XLST, ASP.Net:
>
> How do I learn it? Any good books? What should I learn (do I
> go straight
> for ASP.Net?)?

Ah, the tricky questions now.... umm, not really found _the_ book yet.
I was a big fan of Wrox press for a while, but have gone off them a bit
lately as a lot of books repeat a lot of what the others have said.
They do an Asp.Net book which is not a bad starting point.  IT mixes Vb.net
and C# examples, so you get a falvour for both languages....
MS press 'Applied .Net Framework programming' is also good, but more from
the application side than the web side - it's good at explaining things and
saying why you should do stuff.
Wrox tend to just show you things without really giving you as much info as
you'd really like.....
XSLT wise, wrox's XSLT programmers reference I find quite useful -it's 1/2
reference & 1/2 explaining how it works, with various examples & is
only 25
quid so not a bad purchase.

I also have Wrox's Professional ASP XML, but didn't really find it that
useful, so would tend not to bother.....

> When I started with ASP (actually did some IDC/HTX *shudder*)
> I simply got
> a 'ASP for dummies' book, ploughed through that, then wrote
> some stuff,
> then got 'ASP for Proffesionals 2' (followed by 3) which I use for
> reference (along with the web) and this approach served me
> quite well. For
> XML I bought the 'Teach yourself XML in 24 hours' and really
> didn't get on
> with it. I think that for me a very basic guide is the best
> start because
> it gets me to the point where I can create a bit of code most quickly,
> after that I tend to go to the web for help.

Pkay, then get the XSLT reference and the Asp.net book.
The XSLT is quite dry really - but then, it's not really an exciting
subject
anyway.....
It's also a bit tricky to get your head round some of the
concepts.....hmmmm... maybe just get the asp.net book and then decide later
if you want to go xml/xslt.
Asp.net is the future!  be there!


Tony


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