"Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
"Some XML applications don't require validation to function properly but others absolutely require it in one form or another to avoid disasters. Aaron Skonnard discusses when validation is a MUST, then presents different implementation techniques for tackling the problem."
Chris Anderson [1] is right. Now only is this a great presentation on the battle ranging between "theft" and "freedom," but the style in which it's given is fabulous.
[1] simplegeek.com
I got an email today from John Reilly today asking me a question
I get from time to time:
I got my signed copy of
your book. It is a great read. You have information that a friend and I
have been trying to dig out for weeks.
Which leads me to our
question. How do you find out all those details? They are not to be found in
the MSDN documentation, as far as we can tell. Do you just experiment, like
we do? We have been unable to find any .NET training that is much more than
how to use the IDE. Alan and I crave detail, meat, the stuff of your book.
Seriously, how does one obtain this seemingly inside information? We are
personally and professionally motivated weenies.
Now
that I’m a Microsoft employee, I have access to not only the source for most of
what I’m researching, but the architects and internal mailing lists populated by
the developers on the project, so that really is “inside information.” However,
over the 8+ years that I was a contributing member of the Windows developer
community, 99% of what I’ve done has not been based on inside information. So,
before I had access to internal info, how did I figure stuff out if the docs
don’t answer my questions? I do the following, in order of decreasing frequency:
I experiment, writing hundreds of projects consisting of 10 lines of code or
less to experiment with particular features
As a last resort, I ask my
friends at MS. Buying a Microsoftie a beer at a conference, being smart in
online forums and saying nice things about their technologies are all
excellent ways to gain friends at MS
I found Why I F-ing Hate Weblogs! *hilarious*! I consider myself the "Aspiring Writer" type (although clearly with a bit of "Town Crier" thrown in : ).
Warning: Not to be read by small children or while operating heavy machinery.
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