I know nothing as of now about it, but want to learn as a friend has offered me a nice job if I can pick it up.
PM me with info and what your hourly price is.

8/16/2006 5:06:45 PM

just read a tutorial online. it's a pretty simple concept

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8/16/2006 5:07:55 PM

what will you be using it for? you can pickup basic xml from some light reading online

your friend said learn xml and i have a job for you?

8/16/2006 5:08:25 PM

Thanks, that is part of my plan too. I know a little html, but other than that I'm now real tech savvy. This job is lucrative enough that I want to pull out all stops in getting the knowledge.
^Yes, basically , that's it.

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8/16/2006 5:09:51 PM

you can't really do anything with just xml - a monkey could type up xml all day - it's just a way to structure data - what kind of job could possibly pay to only know xml

8/16/2006 5:12:28 PM

It's a book/desktop publishing firm. It works hand in hand with dita and framemaker. I just need to learn the shit.

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8/16/2006 5:14:28 PM

well the point is, there's nothing really to "learn" - it's not a programming language like Java or C, or even HTML. It's just a structuring language, and how it's used varies widely depending on your specific application or requirements. Best you can do for now is to just google some XML tutorials and read up and get a feeling for what XML actually does.
I would suggest to save some Framemaker documents as XML, then just open the XML files in a text editor and look around - you'll start to see lots of familiar stuff. There will probably be lots of meaningless markup, but keep reading and you'll see the actual data that was in the .fm file. Then you can see how it is interpreted in the XML.

8/16/2006 5:19:33 PM

i need to get me a job where the only prereq is xml - can i submit my resume?

8/16/2006 5:24:34 PM

Gimme 150 bucks and I'll do a Saturday crash course, you can pick it up in a day.

8/16/2006 5:26:44 PM

^^^Thanks for the info Lion
^^Yeah, you can submit it.......up your ass. Come on man, why the sarcasm? I'm sure any monkey could type up xml all day, but I happen to know nothing about it. Sorry, I'm a XML noob. Man, if you don't want to help, leave me the fuck alone. No offense.
^Wow, I'm interested, but that seems a little steep!

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8/16/2006 6:41:44 PM

if you know anything about programming, then i would think that you could pick it up in a weekend just through online guides/tutorials. at least the main points, then refer to some online documentation whenever you run into problems in the real world. i know thats how i learn my stuff. i still have a general knowledge of XML from the day i "taught myself" stylesheets, and that was just from going off on a tangent for a couple hours. its really just a way to contain information.

i think you should save your money, and learn it yourself... save the questions for when you run into snags. you'll probably end up actually understanding it a lot better that way as well.

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8/16/2006 6:57:05 PM

<name>
<firstname>Travis</firstname>
</name>

There, you just learned XML. Now, go spend one Saturday or Sunday in the library with a laptop and any other questions you have will be answered.

(Btw, $150 for 8 hours or so isn't a bad price)
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8/16/2006 7:01:14 PM

^ and ^^ both of you guys have technical background ability. You'd be suprised how hard it is to teach someone about "code" when they dont have the background.

8/16/2006 8:00:11 PM

nah, i hear ya... thats why i prefaced my post with something about it being easy IF he had some experience with some sort of programming.

8/16/2006 8:48:16 PM

You don't really need to learn XML... you need to learn the setup/method with which they plan on using XML

8/16/2006 9:47:37 PM