XML and DOM tests

These tests focus on the interaction between the DOM and the XML format. The language used to access the DOM is JavaScript, although it's possible to access it using other languages, such as PHP, Perl or even high-level languages (Java, C++, etc.). Bear in mind that JavaScript is an object-based language, not an object-oriented language strictu sensu. In order to extend the features of this language, in some tests I use the Prototype library, especially when the limitations of JavaScript would require a lot of verbose code (e.g. in the handling of inheritance).

Some popular coding practices (e.g. the innerHTML property) don't work in XML. That's why we should always grasp the inner structure of a document to work around this problem. Since we're dealing with XML, the basic formatting of a page requires the use of CSS. Otherwise, the browser will show the elements as bare inline strings of text.

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