XML Required for .net?

[Mepurathu]

Hi;
I am going to go for some training in asp.net and I would to know that, is it a requirement to know XML before taking asp.net?

I know little bit about the tags in XML and that's about it.

thanks

[SimonRigby]

Not as such.

It will help, but .NET uses XML for "data exchange". In a lot of cases this is transparent. But it might help for the future.

Hope this helps
Simon

[Cander]

as long as you know how to write an html tag..you are fine..you should learn XML anyway though...

[Mepurathu]

Thank you! That helps and I guess I will take some xml class before I take the .net calsses.

thanks

[weijian]

hmmm i have been able to develop a full website without using any XML... that is of course i'm using Access databases

[Jerry Grant]

XML is very straight forward, in it's simplest form, as a self describing data store. This should not realy need a course to learn it. I'd suggest buying a book.

BUT..........

Go on a course which will teach you DTD, XMLSchema, XSL & XSLT. This is where you will learn the real power of XML data, and assist your .NET development to ease the learning curve!