 | Level: Intermediate Louis E Mauget (LMauget@numbersix.com), Senior Consultant, Number Six Software, Inc.
23 Oct 2006 This tutorial on XML testing and tuning is the final tutorial in a series that helps you prepare for the IBM certification Test 142, XML and Related Technologies. This tutorial provides tips and hints for how to choose an appropriate XML technology and optimize transformations. It wraps up with coverage of common tools you can use in testing XML designs.
In this tutorial
This series of five tutorials helps you prepare to take the IBM certification Test 142, XML and Related Technologies, to attain the IBM Certified Solution Developer - XML and Related Technologies certification. This certification identifies an intermediate-level developer who designs and implements applications that make use of XML and related technologies such as XML Schema, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT), and XPath. This developer has a strong understanding of XML fundamentals; has knowledge of XML concepts and related technologies; understands how data relates to XML, in particular with issues associated with information modeling, XML processing, XML rendering, and Web services; has a thorough knowledge of core XML-related World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendations; and is familiar with well-known, best practices. The standardized nature of XML has given rise to a number of derivative cross-platform, cross-language parsers and derivative technologies. Parts 1 through 4 of this series discussed applied aspects of XML and its common related technologies. To wrap up the series, this tutorial presents a number of rationales and hints for choosing appropriate technologies, explains how simple choices affect performance, and demonstrates simple examples of how to use common tools to test XML designs.
Objectives - Choose an appropriate XML technology
- Optimize a transformation
- Test an application of XML
Prerequisites
This tutorial is for programmers who have a basic understanding of XML and whose skills and experience are at a beginning-to-intermediate level. You should have a general familiarity with defining, validating, and reading XML. This tutorial is for developers who have a background in programming or scripting and who understand basic computer-science models and data structures. You should be familiar with the following XML-related, computer-science concepts: tree traversal, recursion, and reuse of data. You should be familiar with Internet standards and concepts, such as Web browser, client-server, documenting, formatting, e-commerce, and Web applications. Experience in designing and implementing Java™-based computer applications and working with relational databases is also recommended.
System requirements
You will need JavaScript enabled in your browser. This tutorial's testing and demonstration tools -- Internet Explorer® 6.0, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Altova XMLSpy Home Edition, and IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6.0 -- are all either free, bundled with Microsoft® Windows®, or available as time-limited free evaluation copies. Procure them on the Web from the links provided in Resources in the tutorial. You might also find the following tools useful:
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FireBug: A Firefox browser Document Object Model (DOM) and script extension
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XMLBuddy: An XML editor plug-in for the Eclipse integrated development environment
(IDE)
Duration
2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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