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Summary

In this tutorial, we built a very functional shopping cart using XForms; starting with data schema and instance definitions and then adding incremental shopping cart features for input, structuring and formatting, calculating, validating, and even user hints. Some other techniques are valid in building such applications with XForms, as always it just depends on the situation at hand. With the capability learned thus far, it is possible to add more advancements to the shopping cart. Enhancements could be another checkout page for collecting payment information, only collecting warranty information at checkout, product details page, and more. In order to achieve these enhancements and learn more about XForms capabilities and techniques, see the resources section for books, specifications, and article links.

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• Before you start
• Data models
• Creating form controls
• Defining the form logic
• Conclusion
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• About the authors

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