It's interesting to see the slow rehabilitation of XML and its tooling now that there's a new generation of developers who have not grown up in the shadow of XML's prime in the late 90s / early 2000s, and who have not heard (or did not buy into) the anti-XML crowd's ranting --- even though some of their criticisms were legitimate.
I've always liked XML, and especially XPath, and even though there were a large number of missteps in the heyday of XML, I feel it has always been unfairly maligned. Look at all the people who reinvent XML tooling but for JSON, but not nearly as well. Luckily, people who value XML can still use it, provided the fit is right. But it's nice to see the tides turning.
I've always liked XML, and especially XPath, and even though there were a large number of missteps in the heyday of XML, I feel it has always been unfairly maligned. Look at all the people who reinvent XML tooling but for JSON, but not nearly as well. Luckily, people who value XML can still use it, provided the fit is right. But it's nice to see the tides turning.
Most fashions really are cyclical.