Cocoon: Building XML Applications

Chapter 4. Putting Cocoon to Work

Now that you know how to install and start Cocoon, it’s time to start building your first XML/XSL applications with it. However, before we get into the details of how to build, say, a personalized picture gallery on the web, we first need to explain in detail how Cocoon works and what components and concepts you can use to build these applications. But you don’t need to start your Java programming environment. You don’t need to develop any new components to get the examples in this chapter up and running. As installed, Cocoon already has many components you can use, so there is no need to develop any new ones ...