Java & XML, 2nd Edition

Introductory chapters are typically pretty easy to write. In most books, you give an overview of the technology covered, explain a few basics, and try and get the reader interested. However, for this second edition of Java and XML, things aren't so easy. In the first edition, there were still a lot of people coming to XML, or skeptics wanting to see if this new type of markup was really as good as the hype. Over a year later, everyone is using XML in hundreds of ways. In a sense, you probably don't need an introduction. But I'll give you an idea of what's going to...