XML Pitstop

Website URL: http://www.xmlpitstop.com/

XMLpitstop.com is a resource site for XML and .NET developers. The site caters to the need of visitors of all levels of experience.  The site offers its visitors plenty of hands on examples, plenty of demo applications that cohesively demonstrate functionality that is useful in real life. As David Silverlight the websites editor/webmaster says,   “white papers, or even code snippets, just aren’t as helpful as a real piece of source code.”

In implementing this philosophy one comes across a very impressive list of full-fledged examples that powerfully show the ways XML can be used. The site currently boasts of over 100 XSLT examples, a huge library of over 450 code snippets and over 14000 resources divided into approximately 52 categories.

David Silverlight has also featured about ten presentations on various aspects of XML especially in the dot NET environment. These presentations are very useful and educative. They give a new insight while working with XML and dot NET components. Featured articles are again papers written by industry experts in the domain of XML and dot NET who share their experiences in developing XML components to work in the dot NET environment.

XMLpitstop also offers over a thousand tutorials in about forty plus categories ranging from ADO.NET to XUL and everything else in between. Some interesting sections of the website include a review of Training Institutes. These reviews are a must read for any person who is planning on making an investment in training. It will definitely save the reader time, money and frustration later. The review also covers training institutes that range from beginners to advanced courses offered.

Another section on this website where one must spend time is on the ‘Featured’ examples. For XML users, it is definitely worth the visit to see innovative ways where XML can be used. XML Pitstop is a good site to visit and see what is happening on the dot NET front in XML development.