perfectxml.com Technology Newsletter (Issue 2)
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Did somebody say XML?®
In this issue:
New Articles
Events sponsored by PerfectXML
New Book Chapters
You still have a chance to win a book!
Technology Tip and Featured Link
Overall five new articles were added to perfectxml.com in last 15 days. The articles include:
perfectxml.com is
media sponsoring following events. We recommend all developers should attend
these informative events. Visit following event Web site to learn more about
the events.
- XML DevCon
Europe - Spring
- http://www.xmldevcon2001.com/London/index.html (21-23
February 2001 London, England)
- This will be
the largest and most sophisticated XML event to come to London in 2001.
Superior technical program - multiple tracks and sessions to select from.
Night School Sessions on Wednesday and Thursday
night.
- XML One,
Austin
- http://www.xmlconference.com/austin/ (March 5-8 2001 Austin, TX)
- Get advanced
XML training at the largest XML conference of the spring. Only XML One
addresses the topics most relevant to your development needs. This year's
show also features for the first time a track on Web Services. Web
Services is a relatively new concept that is revolutionizing the way
business are run, both on and off-line.
- XML World 2001 (Euro
Edition)
- http://www.xmlworld.org (March
26 - 28, 2001 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Central to the
continued success of the XML World series has been the emphasis placed on
the diversity of viewpoints being brought together in an open, unbiased
forum. In launching a European Edition, XML World wishes to carry
this strength forward and give its content an even more global
orientation.
- Spring
2001 XML Connections
- http://www.xmlconnections.com/xml/default.asp?refer=perfectxml (April
1-4 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana)
- XML Connections
features over 45 talks for the XML developer presented by the savviest XML
gurus, including James Tauber, Kurt Cagle, Lee Buck, and Dino Esposito.
Topics include: XML, XSL, XSLT, XML-Schema, MSXML, SOAP, BizTalk, Web
Services, Wireless, WML, and more. Register early to get an early-bird
discount and a free pass to attend concurrent leading-edge ASP and ASP.NET
sessions at ASP Connections.
3.) New
Book Chapters
As promised, we
continue to grow our free book chapters library. We added two new
books:
- Beginning SQL
Server 2000 for Visual Basic Developers
- Introducing
.NET
Only few days are
remaining for the Quiz 2 at perfectxml.com. We are giving away three copies of
Professional XML Databases, a brand new book from Wrox Press. Prizes sponsored
by Wrox Press. http://www.perfectxml.com/quiz.asp
We wanted to
inform you that it is not required to answer all quiz question. Even by just
entering your name and e-mail address you can enter a chance to be one of
three lucky winners. We'll be publishing new quiz on 15th Feb. This third quiz
will focus on XSL(T) exclusively.
5.)
Technology Tip and Featured Link
Tip
If you are using MSXML Parser and are seeing some strange behavior(s) - check following
URL for an up-to-date list of bugs fixed in the parser:
Featured
Link:
6.)
Authors Wanted
PerfectXML is
actively looking for authors that can contribute to the Web site. We can work
with you if you need any help writing the article. To give you an example,
Vijay just finished an assignment in which he used Java, Xalan and XML. We
worked with him and he wrote a three part article. He is very excited to see
his article on PerfectXML and has promised to write more articles for us.
Check his article at: http://www.perfectxml.com/vip1.asp.
You too can
contribute to PerfectXML. Your ideas/suggestions are most important to us.
Send us a mail at comments@perfectxml.com if you would
like to be a part of growing PerfectXML community.
Feel free to
forward this newsletter to your friends if you like.
That's it for now.
Till 15th Feb, have a nice time and take care.
PerfectXML Team.
Did somebody say
XML?
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