Re: Is the XMLC book still relevant?

Yeah, you've got a good point... the ant stuff didn't exist when I wrote 
it.  But there is a chapter dedicated to installing xmlc in non-enhydra 
environments... specifically BEA WebLogic.

David

Jacob Kjome wrote:

> Hi Justin,
> 
> At 05:25 PM 9/29/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> 
>> Since the release of XMLC 2.2.x, I was wondering if the book 'Enhydra 
>> XMLC
>> Java Presentation Development' by Young is still considered relevant and
>> up-to-date?
> 
> 
> I would say it is up to date.  Basic XMLC development strategies haven't 
> really changed.  XMLC's implementation has simply changed to keep up 
> with the various environments and standards that it needs to support.  
> Of course, if you use Enhydra along with XMLC, the book will be even 
> more relevant since it walks you though an Enhydra application and, 
> coincidentally, Enhydra 5.1 was just released.  However, one does not 
> need to use Enhydra to learn from David's book.  Besides, you can't go 
> wrong with the deals you can get.  Check out the prices at any of the 
> top Internet booksellers.  Pretty affordable.
> 
>> If not, where is a good place to start learning about how to work with
>> XMLC that is relatively up-to-date?
> 
> 
> I think the book is the best place until someone gets around to writing 
> some updated docs.  I would also check out the example applications that 
> come with the binary releases.  They'll provide you with examples of Ant 
> builds, container deployment (Tomcat), how to use the new deferred 
> parsing and dynamic loading, and using XPath to query/manupulate nodes.
> 
> Jake
> 
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Justin Akehurst
>>
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