Lecture #6 - XML

Web Resources:

Office Hours:   Instructor & TAs

Content:

1. The Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
2. Submissions naming convention: userid + project number + ".zip"
3. Project #2 
4. Mono Project
   
5. XML Tutorials

   W3schools - basic
   University of Aarhus
   XMLFiles
   XML Tutorial
   XML Schemas
   

6. XSLT Tutorials

   htmlLite - basics
   zvon - complete tutorial
   W3C - thorough and formal
   XSL Tricks
   TopXML
   Michael Kay's overview
   Google XSL Links
   

7. Tagged Languages
   
8. XML Presentation
   
9. XML Demonstration Code
   
10. LINQ to XML
    
11. XML - additions, deletions, and modifications
    
12. XSLT Demonstration
    
13. XML Details Presentation
    
14. Uses for XML
    • Small databases - bug trackers, requirements models, project data
    • Representations for graphical data in Computer-Aided Design systems
    • Test data - acquiring structured data from a file, used to drive test procedures
    • Persistent data - save data generated by an analysis program for further analysis by other programs
    • Messaging - constructing structured messages for transmission over sockets or remoting channels
15. Evaluating code projects - Cyclomatic Complexity, Size, Manual and Maintenance Pages, demonstration of requirements

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