Not to be pretentious, but I think there is a lot of better documentation out there than W3 Schools, for example: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XML
*Brett VanderVeen* | [email protected] *Gordon Food Service®* | IS Transportation | *www.gfs.com* P 616-717-6042 | C 630-310-0172 Street: 1300 Gezon Parkway SW | Wyoming, MI 49509-9300 Mail: Mail Code 12003 | PO Box 1787 | Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1787 On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Ron Wheeler <[email protected] > wrote: > http://www.w3schools.com/xml/ > will give you more than what you need for Maven. > > Google is your friend!!! > > Ron > > > On 27/06/2013 11:39 AM, Nayana ABREU wrote: > >> So, how long does it take to learn XML? Can you recommend me good sources, >> like webpages or books? >> >> Thanks Cody >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would argue that to be a competent, modern computer programmer, you DO >>> need to learn XML. >>> >>> There are many powerful things that can be accomplished once you have >>> that >>> knowledge. >>> >>> Cody Fyler >>> Lending Grid Build Team >>> [email protected] >>> (515)-441-0814 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:ctrueden.wisc@gmail.**com<[email protected]>] >>> On Behalf >>> Of Curtis Rueden >>> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:31 AM >>> To: Maven Users List >>> Subject: Re: Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? >>> >>> Hi Nayana, >>> >>> Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? >>>> >>> No, if you use Eclipse you can configure your POM in its graphical >>> editor. >>> Other IDEs may have similar things. >>> >>> Even if you edit POMs by hand, XML is "human readable" meaning you don't >>> really need an in-depth understanding of XML in order to hack together a >>> Maven POM. >>> >>> My definition of "learn XML" would be more like: >>> * Understand basics: elements vs. attributes, etc. >>> * Understand XML validation; e.g. XSD and DTD >>> * Understand XSLT stylesheets >>> * Understand parsing: SAX, DOM and XPath >>> >>> And you certainly do not need to know those things to configure a Maven >>> POM. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Curtis >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Nayana ABREU <[email protected] >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nayana Holanda de Abreu >>>> [email protected] >>>> Phone: 662-801-6349 >>>> Skype: nayanexbourdon >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >>> --------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<[email protected]> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [email protected] > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
