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DT offers a core set of courses aimed at covering the Application Lifecycle, from requirements gathering, analysis and design to development, testing, process and project management.

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XML: Microsoft Building XML-based Web Applications (MS1905)

Course Overview
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the skills to build a Web application of moderate complexity. Such an application connects to and retrieves data from a data source, processes Extensible Markup Language (XML) data before sending it to the client, and saves updates from the client back to the database.

What will I learn?
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • List the uses and benefits of XML in a Web site
  • Create well-formed and valid XML documents.
  • Create a schema.
  • Use XSL to display XML data in a Web browser.
  • Use XSL to transform XML data into a different XML format.
  • Display dynamic XML data in a Web browser by using data binding and the Document Object Model.
  • Use ASP and ADO to read data from a data source and store it as XML
  • Add, delete, update data from the client using XML and save to a database on the server
  • Post XML data to a Web Service using SOAP and retrieve a response.

    • Course Style
    This course is hands-on with practical exercises throughout. We provide you with individual PC’s so that you are able to work alone. You will take away extensive printed course material, which will be of on going use to you in your work.

    Course Contents

  • Overview of XML Documents
  • Overview of XML Technologies
  • Generating XML Data from a Database
  • Displaying an XML Document Using XSL
  • Introduction to Transforming XML with XSLT
  • Write XSLT style sheet templates
  • Embedding XML Data in HTML
  • Manipulating XML Data on the Client Using the DOM
  • Transforming XML with XSL Programmatically
  • Posting XML Data from Client to Server
  • Validating XML Using Schemas
  • Introduction to SOAP and XML Web Services

  • Prerequisites
    Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Experience with a programming or scripting language such as Visual Basic, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, Microsoft JScript or Microsoft C#.
  • Experience building ASP Web applications.
  • Familiarity with XML and related technologies is helpful but not required.

    • Recommended Follow-On Courses
    There are no recommended follow-on courses at this present time

    Duration
    5 days

    Cost
     £1,500 plus VAT

    Recommended reading & follow on courses

    XML In a Nutshell,
    ISBN-10: 0596007647, ISBN-13: 978-0596007645,

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    Who has been on this course before

    Qinetiq
    HMGCC