Most professional business programmers have found themselves on the receiving end of more than a few crazy requirement or design documents at least once in their careers. These stoic programmers grind ...

I was once asked to help in a project that required a simple data transformer for converting raw bill data into different bill layouts. After receiving a brief introduction to the problem, I suggested ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Java web frameworks popular at the turn of the century are often slagged for their reliance on ...

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a data-management system based on flat files. It is is widely used by small businesses because of its portability and its compatibility with multiple platforms. It ...

With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who wanted ...

XML has gained considerable popularity over the past few years as the solution to enterprise integration problems. It provides the means for exchanging data in a platform- and language-independent ...