Lecture #4 - 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. Project #2 
3. Mono Project
   
4. dotGNU documentation
   A well designed alternative to the Microsoft .Net documentation. You can also find this link on the SWDev Page
5. XML Tutorials

   W3schools - basic
   University of Aarhus
   XMLFiles
   XML Tutorial
   XML Schemas
   

6. Unicode Tutorials

   Unicode terms and links
   Unicode Standard
   W3C Character Model
   

7. XSLT Tutorials

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

8. Mike Woodring's .Net Samples
   
9. Tagged Languages
   
10. XML Presentation
    
11. XML Demonstration Code
    
12. XML - additions, deletions, and modifications
    
13. XSLT Demonstration
    
14. XML Details Presentation
    
15. 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
16. Loading Dynamic Link Libraries Demo
    
17. Creating AppDomains Demo
    
18. Plug-in Demo
    
19. Evaluating code projects - Cyclomatic Complexity, Size, Manual and Maintenance Pages, demonstration of requirements
20. Lecture #4 folder contains a page of links to presentations and code discussed in this class. The Lecture folders will occasionally hold physical files of interest as well. Usually, however, all the materials of interest to the class are in the presentations and code folders. The contents of these folders will grow as you progress through the course.