XQIB - XQuery In the Browser

> The same as JavaScript, just with less code

XQIB 0.6.0 Beta

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We are happy to announce XQIB 0.6.0 beta. It contains the following improvements:

  • Firefox 3.5 support in addition to Internet Explorer 6/7/8 on Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Runs faster
  • Redesigned architecture for browser-independent XQuery code
  • Based on the Zorba 0.9.8 release
  • User-friendly error messages with line and column hints as well as XML serialization on the fly for a better debugging experience
  • Tidy functionality for HTML Scraping
  • Partial support for the XQuery Scripting Extension working draft. Side-effecting browser functions are now sequential.

Memory leaks have not all been fixed yet: we recommend deactivating the plugin on your main browser. Also, you are welcome to submit any bug or problem on sourceforge.

XQIB 0.5.10 Released

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XQIB is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer which allows execution of client-side XQuery to navigate and update the DOM.This release is based on Zorba 0.9.4 and includes the following new features:

  • Asynchronous REST calls
  • Improved stability (it should no longer crash when new windows or tabs are opened)
  • Node ID bug in REST calls which caused some queries to fail has been solved
  • Side-effecting browser functions are now defined as updating expressions (in the long term, they should actually become sequential as defined in the XQuery Scripting Extension draft)

XQIB 0.5.7 Released

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XQIB is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer which allows execution of client-side XQuery to navigate and update the DOM.This release is based on Zorba 0.9.4 and includes the following new features:

  • Module import (as defined in the XQuery specification) over HTTP (location is a URL)
  • Insertion of elements containing a style attribute
  • Insertion of input elements other than textboxes
  • Querying of checkbox states

The script type has changed to “text/xquery”. The bug leading to several executions of the script when pictures are downloaded has been fixed. Most memory leaks in the samples have been removed.

XQIB: XQuery in the Browser - First Release

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We are very proud to announce the first version 0.5.1 of XQuery in the Browser (XQIB) for IE6+. XQIB brings the power, elegance and simplicity of XQuery to all browser users and developers. XQIB is a browser plugin which embeds Zorba, a powerful XQuery engine. This plugin allows to execute XQuery in the same way you would execute JavaScript. Writing some functionality can be done in two simple steps:

  1. Create a <script/> tag with the type “text/xqueryp” in the head of the document
  2. Declare and implement a new function “main” in the local namespace, which will be executed after the page has loaded.

So a simple hello world looks like this:

<?xml version=’1.0′ encoding=”utf-8″?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd“>

<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml“>

   <head>

      <script type=”text/xqueryp”>

         declare function local:main() {

            browser:alert(//H1)

         };

      </script>

   </head>

   <body>

      <h1>Hello, world!</h1>

   </body>

</html>

 

Please have a look at our examples. You can download an installer for Internet Explorer (at least version 6) under Windows XP/Vista. The installation process is very simple and takes one minute. You can also access the source code of the plugin on SourceForge. A plugin for Firefox is on its way as well.

Disclaimer: this is experimental work! The plugin might contain security leaks. You are using it at your own risks.