I picked up my XML skills over many years in bits and pieces here and there.
However this would be a great place to start: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/ Basic XML is simple, especially if you've done HTML in the past. Good luck and most importantly have fun! Cody Fyler Lending Grid Build Team cody.a.fy...@wellsfargo.com (515)-441-0814 -----Original Message----- From: Nayana ABREU [mailto:holanda.nay...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:39 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? 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, <cody.a.fy...@wellsfargo.com> 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 > cody.a.fy...@wellsfargo.com > (515)-441-0814 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ctrueden.w...@gmail.com [mailto:ctrueden.w...@gmail.com] 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 > <holanda.nay...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Nayana Holanda de Abreu > > holanda.nay...@gmail.com > > Phone: 662-801-6349 > > Skype: nayanexbourdon > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Nayana Holanda de Abreu holanda.nay...@gmail.com Phone: 662-801-6349 Skype: nayanexbourdon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
