Posts Tagged ‘javascript’

Why is XML Such a Pain in JavaScript?

Why is it that when one tries to parse some fairly simple xml: <placemarks> <placemark> <name>Placemark 1</name> <latitude>-79.00</latitude> <longiude>42.00</longitude> </placemark> <placemark> <name>Placemark 2</name> <latitude>-129.00</latitude> <longiude>43.00</longitude> </placemark> </placemarks> For example, iterating through all the placemarks and extracting the names, lats and longs using javascript is a very tedious affair. In fact, I’ve found it almost pointless [...]

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