I would argue that to be a competent, modern computer programmer, you DO need to learn XML.
There are many powerful things that can be accomplished once you have that knowledge. Cody Fyler Lending Grid Build Team [email protected] (515)-441-0814 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Curtis Rueden Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:31 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? Hi Nayana, > Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? No, if you use Eclipse you can configure your POM in its graphical editor. Other IDEs may have similar things. Even if you edit POMs by hand, XML is "human readable" meaning you don't really need an in-depth understanding of XML in order to hack together a Maven POM. My definition of "learn XML" would be more like: * Understand basics: elements vs. attributes, etc. * Understand XML validation; e.g. XSD and DTD * Understand XSLT stylesheets * Understand parsing: SAX, DOM and XPath And you certainly do not need to know those things to configure a Maven POM. Regards, Curtis On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Nayana ABREU <[email protected]>wrote: > Is it necessary to learn XML in order to lear Maven? > > Thanks > > -- > Nayana Holanda de Abreu > [email protected] > Phone: 662-801-6349 > Skype: nayanexbourdon > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
