XPath Tool – Visual XPath
A while ago, one of my customers asked whether there was a visual tool where he could click into an XML document and see the XPath expression generated from navigating to that node, as well as being able to type in the node and have it point to the correct place in the document.
The best free tool I found to fulfill this requirement is Visual XPath:
http://cid-4bb423973bbcdc56.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/visualxpath.zip
This will be useful to you if you are new to XML and/or XPath. There are some pieces of syntax it doesn’t seem to like, but it supports the basics (and helped my customer who was learning XML and XPath to avoid case-sensitivity issues and typos).
Are there other free tools out there that are as good as this?
Paddy serves as ext.IT's Director of Technical Consulting and Methodology, overseeing the quality of technical deliverables and working on constantly improving our methodology.
Prior to joining ext.IT, Paddy worked in corporate and government IT departments as well as Onyx R&D and Professional Services. Paddy has more than 20 years experience in the technology industry.
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