Have you ever needed to share processing between two or more computers running programs written in different languages on different operating systems? Or have you ever wanted to publish information on the Web so that programs other than browsers could work with it? XML-RPC, a system for remote procedure calls built on XML and the ubiquitous HTTP protocol, is the solution you've been looking for.Programming Web Services with XML-RPC introduces the simple but powerful capabilities of XML-RPC, which lets you connect programs running on different computers with a minimum of fuss, by wrapping procedure calls in XML and establishing simple pathways for calling functions. With XML-RPC, Java programs can talk to Perl scripts, which can talk to Python programs, ASP applications, and so on. You can provide access to procedure calls without having to worry about the system on the other end, so it's easy to create services that are available on the Web.XML-RPC isn't the only solution for web services; the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is another much-hyped protocol for implementing web services. While XML-RPC provides fewer capabilities than SOAP, it also has far fewer interoperability problems and its capabilities and limitations are much better understood. XML-RPC is also stable, with over 30 implementations on a wide variety of platforms, so you can start doing real work with it immediately.Programming Web Services with XML-RPC covers the details of five XML-RPC implementations, so you can get started developing distributed applications in Java, Perl, Python, ASP, or PHP. The chapters on these implementations contain code examples that you can use as the basis for your own work. This book also provides in-depth coverage of the XML-RPC specification, which is helpful for low-level debugging of XML-RPC clients and servers. And if you want to build your own XML-RPC implementation for another environment, the detailed explanations in this book will serve as a foundation for that work.

Programming Web Services with XML-RPC: Creating Web Application Gateways

Computers & Technology

Johnston, Joe

Wilder-James, Edd

Winer, Dave

Laurent, Simon St.

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

In Microsoft's Office 2003, users experience the merger of the power of the classic Office suite of applications with the fluidity of data exchange inherent in XML. With XML at its heart, the new version of Microsoft's desktop suite liberates the information stored in millions of documents created with Office software over the past fifteen years, making it available to a wide variety of programs.Office 2003 XML offers an in-depth exploration of the relationship between XML and Office 2003, examining how the various products in the Office suite both produce and consume XML. Developers will learn how they can connect Microsoft Office to others systems, while power users will learn to create and analyze XML documents using familiar Office tools.The book begins with an overview of the XML features included in the various Office 2003 components, and explores in detail how Word, Excel, and Access interact with XML. This book covers both the user interface side, creating interfaces so that users can comfortably (and even unknowingly) work with XML, and the back end, exposing Office information to other processes. It also looks at Microsoft's new InfoPath application and how it fits with the rest of Office. Finally, the book's appendices introduce various XML technologies that may be useful in working with Office, including XSLT, W3C XML Schema, RELAX NG, and SOAP.Office 2003 XML provides quick and clear guidance to a anyone who needs to import or export information from Office documents into other systems. Both XML programmers and Office power will learn how to get the most from this powerful new intersection between Office 2003 and XML.

Office 2003 XML: Integrating Office with the Rest of the World

Lenz, Evan

McRae, Mary

XML, the Extensible Markup Language, is everywhere: the syntax of choice for newly designed document formats across almost all computer applications. Now used daily by developers, XML is living up to its reputation as one of the most important developments in document interchange in the history of computing.
A perennial bestseller, the handy XML Pocket Reference from O'Reilly has been revised once again to give you quick access to the latest goods. In addition to its comprehensive look at XML, this third edition has been updated with new material on Namespaces and XML Schema--considered among the most important elements in current XML use--along with RELAX NG and Schematron, additional powerful tools for describing XML document structures.
Like other titles in O'Reilly's Pocket Reference series, the XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition features a well-organized format that gets right to the point. As a result, it's already won over the allegiance of developers everywhere. If you need XML answers quick and on the fly, this compact book is most definitely the book for you.

XML Pocket Reference: Extensible Markup Language

FitzGerald, Michael

If you’re a web developer or designer ready to learn Rails, this unique book is the ideal way to start.
Rather than throw you into the middle of the framework’s Model-View-Controller architecture, Learning Rails 3 works from the outside in. You’ll begin with the foundations of the Web you already know, and learn how to create something visible with Rails’ view layer. Then you’ll tackle the more difficult inner layers: the database models and controller code.
All you need to get started is HTML experience. Each chapter includes exercises and review questions to test your understanding as you go.
<ul>
<li>Present content by building an application with a basic view and a simple controller</li>
<li>Build forms and process their results, progressing from simple to more complex</li>
<li>Connect forms to models by setting up a database, and create code that maps to database structures</li>
<li>Use Rails scaffolding to build applications from a view-centric perspective</li>
<li>Add common web application elements such as sessions, cookies, and authentication</li>
<li>Build applications that combine data from multiple tables</li>
<li>Send and receive email messages from your applications</li>
</ul>
"Learning Rails 3 feels like a brisk pair programming session with professionals who know how to use Ruby on Rails to get things done, and get them done well." -Alan Harris, author of Sinatra: Up and Running

Learning Rails 3: Rails from the Outside In

Gruber, Eric J

If you’re new to Erlang, its functional style can seem difficult, but with help from this hands-on introduction, you’ll scale the learning curve and discover how enjoyable, powerful, and fun this language can be.
Author Simon St. Laurent shows you how to write simple Erlang programs by teaching you one basic skill at a time. You’ll learn about pattern matching, recursion, message passing, process-oriented programming, and establishing pathways for data rather than telling it where to go. By the end of your journey, you’ll understand why Erlang is ideal for concurrency and resilience.
<ul>
<li>Get cozy with Erlang’s shell, its command line interface</li>
<li>Become familiar with Erlang’s basic structures by working with numbers</li>
<li>Discover atoms, pattern matching, and guards: the foundations of your program structure</li>
<li>Delve into the heart of Erlang processing with recursion, strings, lists, and higher-order functions</li>
<li>Create processes, send messages among them, and apply pattern matching to incoming messages</li>
<li>Store and manipulate structured data with Erlang Term Storage and the Mnesia database</li>
<li>Learn about Open Telecom Platform, Erlang’s open source libraries and tools</li>
</ul>

Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming

Programming Languages

Elixir is an excellent language if you want to learn about functional programming, and with this hands-on introduction, you’ll discover just how powerful and fun Elixir can be. This language combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with a syntax similar to Ruby, and includes powerful features for metaprogramming.
This book shows you how to write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time. Once you pick up pattern matching, process-oriented programming, and other concepts, you’ll understand why Elixir makes it easier to build concurrent and resilient programs that scale up and down with ease.
<ul>
<li>Get comfortable with IEx, Elixir’s command line interface</li>
<li>Discover atoms, pattern matching, and guards: the foundations of your program structure</li>
<li>Delve into the heart of Elixir with recursion, strings, lists, and higher-order functions</li>
<li>Create processes, send messages among them, and apply pattern matching to incoming messages</li>
<li>Store and manipulate structured data with Erlang Term Storage and the Mnesia database</li>
<li>Build resilient applications with Erlang’s Open Telecom Platform</li>
<li>Define macros with Elixir’s metaprogramming tools</li>
</ul>

Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming

Eisenberg, J. David

Programming

Ready to learn Rails? Get up to speed using the framework’s latest release. In this Live Edition, Learning Rails has been updated to cover Rails 2.3.5, making it an ideal guide for Rails beginners.
Unlike most Rails books, Learning Rails is for web developers, and not for programmers. Rather than begin with the inner layers of a Rails web application -- the models and controllers -- this book approaches Rails development from the outer layer: the view side of an application. You’ll start from the foundations of the Web you already know, and learn how to create something visible with Rails before reaching the more difficult database models and controller code. Each chapter includes exercises and review questions so you can test your understanding as you go.
<ul>
<li>Present content by building an application with a basic view and a simple controller, while learning Ruby along the way</li>
<li>Build forms and process their results, progressing from simple to more complex</li>
<li>Connect forms to models by setting up a database, and use Rails’ Active Record to create code that maps to database structures</li>
<li>Use Rails scaffolding to build applications from a view-centric perspective</li>
<li>Add common web application elements such as sessions, cookies, and authentication</li>
<li>Build applications that combine data from multiple tables</li>
<li>Create simple but dynamic interfaces with Rails and Ajax</li>
</ul>
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Learning Rails: Live Edition

Smooth, powerful, and small, Elixir is an excellent language for learning functional programming, and with this hands-on introduction, you’ll discover just how powerful Elixir can be. Authors Simon St. Laurent and J. David Eisenberg show you how Elixir combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with an approach that looks more like Ruby, and includes powerful macro features for metaprogramming.Updated to cover Elixir 1.4, the second edition of this practical book helps you write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time. Once you pick up pattern matching, process-oriented programming, and other concepts, you’ll understand why Elixir makes it easier to build concurrent and resilient programs that scale up and down with ease.Get comfortable with IEx, Elixir’s command line interfaceLearn Elixir’s basic structures by working with numbersDiscover atoms, pattern matching, and guards: the foundations of your program structureDelve into the heart of Elixir processing with recursion, strings, lists, and higher-order functionsCreate Elixir processes and send messages among themStore and manipulate structured data with Erlang Term Storage and the Mnesia databaseBuild resilient applications with the Open Telecom Platform

If you’re new to Erlang, its functional style can seem difficult, but with help from this hands-on introduction, you’ll scale the learning curve and discover how enjoyable, powerful, and fun this language can be.
In this updated second edition, author Simon St.Laurent shows you how to write simple Erlang programs by teaching you one skill at a time. You’ll learn about pattern matching, recursion, message passing, process-oriented programming, and establishing pathways for data rather than telling it where to go. By the end of your journey, you’ll understand why Erlang is ideal for concurrency and resilience.
<ul>
<li>Get cozy with Erlang’s shell, its command line interface</li>
<li>Define functions, using the fun tool, to represent repeated calculations</li>
<li>Discover atoms, pattern matching, and guards: the foundations of your program structure</li>
<li>Delve into the heart of Erlang processing with recursion, strings, lists, and higher-order functions</li>
<li>Create processes, send messages among them, and apply pattern matching to incoming messages</li>
<li>Store and manipulate structured data with Erlang Term Storage and the Mnesia database</li>
<li>Learn about Open Telecom Platform, Erlang’s open source libraries and tools</li>
</ul>

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Programming Web Services with XML-RPC: Creating Web Application Gateways

Office 2003 XML: Integrating Office with the Rest of the World

XML Pocket Reference: Extensible Markup Language

Learning Rails 3: Rails from the Outside In

Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming

Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming

Learning Rails: Live Edition

Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming

Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming