Comments on: Xpath and Xpointer: Locating Content in XML Documents http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/ BPEL SOA Web Services BPM Work Flow Business Process Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:43:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Foti Massimo http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Foti Massimo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:14:21 +0000 http://bpelworld.com/?p=512#comment-1995 XPath is a crucial but often neglected technology for any developer that need to deal with XSLT in a serious way and it's also fully integrated in many XML parsers, like the ones from Microsoft or ColdFusion. This is a small and very focused book that manages to offer a detailed coverage of XPath mixed with some excellent practical advices. Personally I am not interested in XPointer right now, so I totally skipped the second part of the book, but I think the 120 pages dedicated to XPath are well worth the money Rating: 5 / 5 XPath is a crucial but often neglected technology for any developer that need to deal with XSLT in a serious way and it’s also fully integrated in many XML parsers, like the ones from Microsoft or ColdFusion. This is a small and very focused book that manages to offer a detailed coverage of XPath mixed with some excellent practical advices. Personally I am not interested in XPointer right now, so I totally skipped the second part of the book, but I think the 120 pages dedicated to XPath are well worth the money
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Boris Aleksandrovsky http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Boris Aleksandrovsky Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:39:24 +0000 http://bpelworld.com/?p=512#comment-1994 John E. Simpson has done a remarkable job in elucidating yet another XML-related techology in fun and easy small book. Care is taken to provide comprehensive examples (sometimes with hacker-type tougue-in-cheek approach) which illustrates the points of syntax. One does not need to read the book in comprehensive fashion, after a few chapters, you one can just start coding and refer to the rest as a reference manual. <p>One thing, however is missing, the book does you why you should use XPath or XPointer. What are the real world examples and applications? And what about XQuery? How is XPath related to XSLT? Those points are left for the reader to ponder about, and this is the only reason I am not giving the book 5 starts. Rating: 4 / 5 John E. Simpson has done a remarkable job in elucidating yet another XML-related techology in fun and easy small book. Care is taken to provide comprehensive examples (sometimes with hacker-type tougue-in-cheek approach) which illustrates the points of syntax. One does not need to read the book in comprehensive fashion, after a few chapters, you one can just start coding and refer to the rest as a reference manual.

One thing, however is missing, the book does you why you should use XPath or XPointer. What are the real world examples and applications? And what about XQuery? How is XPath related to XSLT? Those points are left for the reader to ponder about, and this is the only reason I am not giving the book 5 starts.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Anonymous Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:15 +0000 http://bpelworld.com/?p=512#comment-1993 I love O'Reilly books. This book is a great reference book. It also does a very good job of explaining XPath and Xpointer in a more general sense. When I first started working heavily with XML I had no idea what the XPath syntax meant. Now just a month later I can pretty much read anything that's put in front of me. Combine this book with the XSLT book and you really have an awesome combination of material to use. Rating: 5 / 5 I love O’Reilly books. This book is a great reference book. It also does a very good job of explaining XPath and Xpointer in a more general sense. When I first started working heavily with XML I had no idea what the XPath syntax meant. Now just a month later I can pretty much read anything that’s put in front of me. Combine this book with the XSLT book and you really have an awesome combination of material to use.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Jack D. Herrington http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Jack D. Herrington Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:05 +0000 http://bpelworld.com/?p=512#comment-1992 This is a relatively short book on XPath and, as one of the other reviews points out, it tends to complicate what is generally a fairly simple standard. The XPath portion of the XSLT : Programmer's Reference from Michael Kay is more succinct covers the important parts in enough detail to get the job done. Rating: 3 / 5 This is a relatively short book on XPath and, as one of the other reviews points out, it tends to complicate what is generally a fairly simple standard. The XPath portion of the XSLT : Programmer’s Reference from Michael Kay is more succinct covers the important parts in enough detail to get the job done.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Jeelani Shaik http://bpelworld.com/512/xpath-and-xpointer-locating-content-in-xml-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Jeelani Shaik Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:55:49 +0000 http://bpelworld.com/?p=512#comment-1991 I have read the XPath part of this book.The author covers the subject with simple and easily understandable examples. Fundamentals are covered to the point and easily understood. The book also covers XPath 2.0 Features.<p>Overall its a good reading.. Rating: 4 / 5 I have read the XPath part of this book.The author covers the subject with simple and easily understandable examples. Fundamentals are covered to the point and easily understood. The book also covers XPath 2.0 Features.

Overall its a good reading..
Rating: 4 / 5

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