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Beginner's XML book for VB users?

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by galahad04

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Hello,

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good technical training books that teach XML concepts at a beginner's level (i.e., XML, XPATH, XSLT, DOM, SAX, DTD, etc.), but using a VB.NET/VB 6.0/VBScript platform, instead of Java/JavaScript/C++? Thanks

(I got the XML beginner's book from the Wrox series, but since it seems to be almost exclusively done in Java, it does not do me any good as VB developer. Also, I do have the Wrox series book "Professional XML for .NET Developers", but it assumes existing knowledge of XML that I do not currently have.)

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by galahad04

Checked the site, but the info appeared to be too genera to be useful. Thanks for trying to help though.

by ed woychowsky

Try O?Reilly?s XML in a Nutshell, it covers all of the topics that you?ve described in reasonably bit-sized pieces. Also, while it doesn?t cover every topic there is also O?Reilly?s Learning XML, which is a good place to start. The problem that most people have with learning XML is learning DTD?s, you might consider learning schema first and going back to DTD?s after you?re comfortable with XML.

by dr dij

Beginning XML, 2nd Edition: XML Schemas, SOAP, XSLT, DOM, and SAX 2.0
by David Hunter, Kurt Cagle, Chris Dix et al. ISBN:0764543946
Wrox Press ? 2003 (784 pages)
This book teaches you all you need to know about XML--what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages.

Table of Contents
Beginning XML, 2nd Edition?XML Schemas, SOAP,XSLT,DOM, and SAX 2.0

I read this online (books24x7.com)
so I only pay for subscription.

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