Learn the essentials needed to get started using Extensible Markup Language (XML), which is the default language for defining and transmitting data on the Internet.
In this course, your professional instructor introduces XML and explains why it’s such a powerful language for sharing and transmitting data. You will discover the basics of an XML document, and how to define XML documents and learn their syntax.
In this XML Crash Course, you will also learn advanced topics such as using XML schemas, the purpose of a DTD (Document Type Definition), and Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) to transform an XML document to another document.
This course includes:
- Demo files
- An optional quiz to test what you’ve learned
- Certificate of completion.
Goals
- Uses for XML
- The fundamental components of an XML document
- Learn to define XML document
- Element attributes
- Attribute types
- Best practices for writing code
- XML syntax
- Adding comments to XML code
- DTD (Document Type Definition)
- Internal and external DTDs
- XML namespace
- Using XML schemas
- Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
- XSLT/ XSL Transformations
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of HTML
- A web browser capable of processing XML (like Firefox, Chrome, or Internet Explorer)