Re: XML Book

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve - I'll check it out. After all, XML started as a proprietary
MSFT technique until IBM jumped on board and it became a standard, so MSFT
probably knows a lot about it.

- Michael

On 9/8/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The step by step books from MSFT are usually pretty good. I have the
> first edition of this book [1] and I learned a lot from it. What I
> find brutal about learning XML is you dont know which flavor to learn.
> You spend a lot of time learning DTD and think you have a handle on
> things. Then you read that DTD, while sensible, is old hat and has
> been replaced by something completely different.
>
> -Steve
>
> [1]
> http://www.amazon.com/XML-Step-Second-Michael-Young/dp/0735614652/sr=8-2/qid=1157728477/ref=sr_1_2/104-7387994-4691956?ie=UTF8&s=books
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