November 26, 2002

Install and configure Xalan-Java

Now on IBM developerWorks: Install and configure Xalan-Java (Tutorial) -- This new tutorial by author Nicholas Chase tells step-by-step how to install, configure, and test the Xalan-Java XSL Transformation processor. Installing Xalan-J involves preparing the environment by obtaining an appropriate Java Virtual Machine, setting environment variables, and installing the files. After installation, you can set other environment variables, such as CLASSPATH.

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November 22, 2002

PHP Basics, Part 2: Database-Driven Pages

Now on InformIT.com: PHP Basics, Part 2: Database-Driven Pages -- Part 1 of this series of three articles considered the basics of building a dynamic web page using PHP. This article explores using PHP to interact with a database, including creating tables and inserting, updating, and selecting data.

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November 20, 2002

Tip: Control white space in an XSLT style sheet

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Control white space in an XSLT style sheet -- Because the style sheet and the source document in an XSLT transformation have different rules regarding white space stripping, it often seems as though the production of spaces and line breaks has no rhyme or reason in the process. This tip shows you how to control the production of white space in a transformation's result, which can lead to documents that more closely align with your requirements.

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Install and configure the Xerces2 Java parser

Now on IBM developerWorks: Install and configure the Xerces2 Java parser (Tutorial) -- The first step in working with XML is parsing the data into a workable form. This tutorial guides you through the steps necessary to install and configure the Xerces2 Java parser.

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November 13, 2002

Tip: Use imports and includes to override XSLT templates

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Use imports and includes to override XSLT templates -- Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) provide two different ways to combine several style sheets in the transformation of a single source document. In the process, it's almost inevitable that more than one template will apply to a single node. Which template is actually applied depends on whether and how the template has been included in the main style sheet. This tip explains how to use these conflict resolution rules to give users control -- but not too much control -- over styling issues.

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November 06, 2002

Tip: Using a DOM NodeFilter

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Using a DOM NodeFilter -- XML's DOM Level 2 Traversal module provides two new objects, the TreeWalker and the NodeIterator, which simplify the process of navigating a Document. More than that, the module defines a NodeFilter, which can be used to programmatically control what Nodes are visible to the TreeWalker or NodeFilter. This tip shows you how to create a NodeFilter as well as a Traversal object that uses it.

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November 01, 2002

Building an Amazon storefront using SOAP and the WSDK

Now on IBM developerWorks: Building an Amazon storefront using SOAP and the WSDK (Tutorial) -- This tutorial is for developers who want to use SOAP to access the Amazon product database through Amazon Web Services (AWS). It shows you how to use the IBM WebSphere SDK for Web Services (WSDK) to create Java classes from the Amazon Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file, demonstrates the use of those classes, and then examines the process of using the WSDK to turn the classes into a Web application and Amazon storefront.

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