The Project Managers Guide to Software Engineerings Best Practices or XML and PHP

The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices

Author: Mark Christensen

Since the earliest days of the computer industry, managing a software project has been a complex and demanding activity. While the technical content of software products and the technical methods used to build them have changed over time, the fundamental issues that determine the success or failure of software projects have remain fairly constant. That is, the same fundamental management mistakes continue to be made. To cite a few examples; requirements are unclear at the beginning of projects and are not managed during the project, the product is not tested adequately, schedules are misestimated or not tracked in sufficient detail. The contents of this book, together with the underlying IEEE Standards, are dedicated to helping the reader in their work: The continuing quest to produce quality software products in a predictable manner.

This book, containing all original material, is based on the proposition that the IEEE Software Engineering Standards capture many of the fundamental 'best practices' of software project management. It is written to assist the reader in applying those standards to their projects and company. To meet this goal, the authors discuss and elaborate the standards that bear on the three key management areas of:  Software systems engineering, Processes for developing software products, Planning and control of software project activities.

The body of the book is correspondingly organized into three parts. Software Systems Engineering, which argues that software development projects are most successful when developed using a systems level viewpoint. Process Management and Control, which describes the key activities needed to define,support, and manage a project's software development processes. Project Planning and Management completes the book, integrating the elements of cost and schedule estimation and control, risk management, and the role metrics play in performing those tasks.

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XML and PHP

Author: Vikram Vaswani

XML and PHP is designed to introduce PHP developers to the synergies that become visible when their favorite web-scripting language is combined with one of the most talked about technologies of recent times, XML. XML and PHP teaches PHP developers how to use PHP's XML functions to develop and maintain XML-based web applications and sites, and it demonstrates the power inherent in the XML/PHP combination. This book provides information on all hte major XML technologies supported in PHP, demonstrating how the XML/PHP combination can be used to deliver cutting-edge web applications through practical examples and real-world case studies. XML and PHP serves as both an implementation guide to the topic and a handy desktop reference for quick lookups-combining all the information that developers need into a single, focused package.

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This book introduces PHP developers to the synergies that become visible when PHP is combined with XML. It teaches PHP developers how to use PHP's XML functions to develop and maintain XML-based web applications and sites, and demonstrates the power inherent in the XML/PHP combination. The book provides information on all major XML technologies supported in PHP, showing how the XML/PHP combination can be used to deliver web applications through examples and case studies. Vaswani is the founder and CEO of a company specializing in content creation and syndication services. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents:

1	XML and PHP Basics	1
2	PHP and the Simple API for XML (SAX)	19
3	PHP and the Document Object Model (DOM)	69
4	PHP and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)	105
5	PHP and Web Distributed Data eXchange (WDDX)	133
6	PHP and XML-Based Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)	159
7	PHP, XML, and Databases	205
8	Open Source PHP/XML Alternatives	241
9	Case Studies	271
A	Recompiling PHP to Add XML Support	301
B	Open Source Licenses	311
	C: Glossary	337
	Index	341