What XML Tools Do You Use?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday June 10, 2003 @08:55AM from the tools-of-the-trade dept.

Omega1045 asks: "What XML tools do you use? XML Spy? EditPad? A pen, notepad, scanner, and a good OCR program? XML is now becoming more than just hype. XML, SOAP Web Services, and Enterprise Integration (EI) are really taking off from the number and type of contract opportunities I am seeing and receiving. Until recently, I was doing most of my XML by hand. Other than the nostalgia for those early HTML days, it is really eating into my time. I have started trying XML Spy, but to buy it will be a big hit in the wallet (which I am willing to do if it is the best thing out there). What does Slashdot recommend?"

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Re:Um, it's still hype. by KDan · 2003-06-10 09:33 · Score: 2, Insightful

Not really hype. XML is extremely useful to exchange information between programs (eg on networks) without having to reinvent the wheel all the time. Personally, that's what I use it for. The fact that you can use it for config files and such is just a nice bonus.

As for editing XML, I find that most of the time I'm manipulating XML programmatically, using JDOM, or using other libraries that manipulate XML themselves - I have yet to need to do serious hand-editing in XML. And even for that, I would think vi or jEdit are perfectly adequate tools.

Daniel

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