The ease and potential power of XML has quickly put it on the radar screens of enterprise programmers since it first emerged as a standard. Now that Microsoft has fully embraced XML as an essential and integral part of their .NET platform, VB programmers and developers must not only understand XML, but also be able to use it in their enterprise applications. By using real-world and fully functional examples, the authors walk through how to use VB.NET and XML in all aspects of enterprise application development.

Author Biography

ROD STEPHENS is a contract software engineer and president of Rocky Mountain Consulting, specializing in graphical user interfaces, algorithms, and database systems. He has published numerous articles and nine books (all with Wiley). He hosts www.vb-helper.com. BRIAN HOCHGURTEL is a software development engineer for Rogue Wave Software. His current project involves implementing the servlet standard in C++. Previous projects include creating Web interfaces for enterprise databases, proto-typing XML-based products, and creating Web-based applications for cancer research studies, environmental education, and software documentation.