This Book

If you haven’t already guessed, this book is all about parsing, processing, and working with

XML using a variety of scripting languages. After a brief XML refresher, I address the languages

in turn to show how each provides solutions for getting at the power of XML. Along

the way, I address some of the important protocols, such as SOAP and XML-RPC, that make

seamless data transfer possible. Throughout this book you’ll find sample scripts. You can

download the complete versions of the scripts by going to www.sybex.com and following the

link to the page for this book.

XML seems to be everywhere today and used in a myriad of ways, especially in the vital

and growing world of e-commerce. This book is designed to help you make the most of it. I

hope that you will return to these pages often as you discover more uses for XML.