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XForms Essentials (Paperback)

by Micah Dubinko (Author)

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Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; illustrated edition edition (27 Aug 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0596003692
ISBN-13: 978-0596003692
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

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The use of forms on the Web is so commonplace that most user interactions involve some type of form. XForms - a combination of XML and forms - offers a powerful alternative to HTML-based forms. By providing excellent XML integration, including XML Schema, XForms allows developers to create flexible, web-based user-input forms for a wide variety of platforms, including desktop computers, handhelds, information appliances, and more. This is an introduction and practical guide to the new XForms specification. It explains the how and why of XForms, showing readers how to take advantage of them without having to write their own code. You'll learn how to integrate XForms with both HTML and XML vocabularies, and how XForms can simplify the connection between client-based user input and server-based processing. The book begins with a general introduction to Web forms, including information on history and basic construction of forms. The second part serves as a reference manual to the XForms specification. The third section offers additional hints, guidelines, and techniques for working with XForms. Topics covered in the book include: creating XForms files in a text or XML editor; converting existing forms (electronic or paper) to XForms; collecting XML data from users in a user-friendly way; reducing the amount of JavaScript needed within browser interfaces; increasing the security and reliability of your current forms system by combining client-side and server-side checks into a common code base; and creating interactive Websites using the latest standard technology. This text focuses on the practical application of XForms technology. If you work with forms, HTML, or XML information, XForms Essentials will provide you with a much simpler route to more sophisticated interactions with users.

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XForms Essentials is an introduction and practical guide to the new XForms specification. Written by Micah Dubinko, a member of the W3C XForms working group and an editor of the specification, the book explains the how and why of XForms, showing readers how to take advantage of them without having to write their own code. You'll learn how to integrate XForms with both HTML and XML vocabularies, and how XForms can simplify the connection between client-based user input and server-based processing. If you work with forms, HTML, or XML information, XForms Essentials will provide you with a much simpler route to more sophisticated interactions with users.

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5.0 out of 5 stars XForms is cool, and this book shows you why!, 10 Sep 2003

By	Mr. M. J. Seaborne (Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The author is a member of the W3C XForms Working Group, so he knows what he is talking about. This guide is a great starting point for getting to grips with XForms whether or not you are aleady familiar with HTML forms. This is a much better place to start than the XForms spec, which is pretty inpenetrable to your average forms author. Micah takes you through the basics, shows you where XForms fits with other W3C standards, and gets you started with authoring. Once you are feeling a bit more confident this book serves as an excellent reference, with enough examples for you to copy and try out for your self. The great thing about the book is that there isn't too much of it. It gives a good grounding in the subject without any waffle.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Useful but very light on detail and examples, 18 Dec 2006

By	Adam Retter (Devon, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Whilst I acknowledge that this is an "Essentials" book I found it very light on detail and lacking useful examples. Parts of the book seem to have been lifted directly from the W3C XForms specification, yet you still need the specification to get the most out of XForms, not to mention some of the examples in the specification are more useful than those in the book. In particular I was very disappointed by Chapter 7 - Actions and Events; Actions and events are probably the most useful and difficult part of XForms and this chapter was really weak.

There are few XForms books available and this is not a bad starting point but it certainly will not be all you need to be productive with XForms. I would probably not recommend this book but point people at the freely available information on the web until a better book comes along.

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