XML for beginners

[matt]

Maybe I'm stupid, but I've read the python XML howto tutorial, and I
am none the wiser as to how to parse an xml file in order to use the
contents within a python script.

Can someone point me to a tutorial or document on-line showing how to
parse xml. It's got to be for dummies, because I'm clearly not up to
much in the brain department.

Thanks

Matt

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Maybe I'm stupid, but I've read the python XML howto tutorial, and I
am none the wiser as to how to parse an xml file in order to use the
contents within a python script.

Can someone point me to a tutorial or document on-line showing how to
parse xml. It's got to be for dummies, because I'm clearly not up to
much in the brain department.

I always found the articles at IBM developerworks enlighting - especially
from Uche Ogbuji

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/ibmdw-tutorial/

He is amongst the creators of 4Suite, a brilliant xml related toolkit.

And there are some other xml/python related articles on developerworks.

Regards,

Diez

 

[Paul Boddie]

Can someone point me to a tutorial or document on-line showing how to
parse xml. It's got to be for dummies, because I'm clearly not up to
much in the brain department.

Take a look at this simple tutorial I wrote a while ago:

http://www.boddie.org.uk/python/XML_intro.html

Mentions of xhtmlhook refer to this document:

http://www.boddie.org.uk/python/xhtmlhook/index.html

You can either ignore xhtmlhook in the tutorial or use it to import
the tutorial functions into a Python session or script. Good luck!

Paul

 

[Werner Schiendl]

Hello,

I found XML.com an excellent resource for XML programming (in general,
not only in Python).

In particular, the "Python & XML" column provides a lot of hands on
articles about various toolkits and techniques which are especially
helpful if you are (like me) the hands-on type when learning.

There are also 2 articles about the "state of Python-XML art" for 2002
and 2003.

http://www.xml.com/pub/q/pyxml


hth

Werner