Day 21. Handling XML in .NET

Today we're going to take a look at working with XML in Microsoft's .NET programming. Some people aren't fond of Microsoft applications, but Microsoft provides so much XML support that this book would be seriously remiss if it didn't discuss that support. If you have Visual Studio .NET, you can follow along with today's discussion by creating and implementing the examples we'll develop.

Here's an overview of today's topics:

  • Editing XML documents and XML schemas in .NET
  • Writing and reading XML documents from code
  • Using the XML ASP.NET control to display formatted XML
  • Creating XML Web services

Today we're going to look at various ways of working with XML with Visual Studio .NET programming. Some use XML explicitly, as when we create a new XML document with code. Others use XML implicitly, such as XML Web services, which send and receive data from code on the Internet by using XML behind-the-scenes. You're going to get a good introduction to using XML and .NET today, starting by creating and editing an XML document.

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