Introduction

We don’t know why you picked up this book. You may have a deep abiding interest in all things XML. You may be intrigued by the mysterious three-letter combination and wonder what it means. Or you may just have ten minutes to kill before the bus arrives, and the “X” shelf in the bookstore is the one closest to the door. In any case, we’ve got your attention now.

If you’re a programmer, this book may not be for you. But if you are a visual creative person, and long passages of code make your head spontaneously burst into flames, then this book is for you.

The two of us writing this book are not programmers. We are not coders. We are designers. Designers who, from time to time, have to dabble under the hood, get our hands dirty in the ...

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