Get an Editor

Since XForms are XML documents then any text editor can be used to create and edit them. If you've done much HTML development you may already have a favourite editor, in which case you are already up and running.

If you decide to do much serious development with XForms then you will probably find it easier to make use of an XML editor. Such editors will help keep your document structured correctly, and some editors have features that are specific to XForms. For example, XFormation will help you with your XPath expressions, whilst both Eclipse and XFormation can save a lot of time by automatically generating forms from schemas, WSDL files and XML data documents.

We'll discuss some of these editors in a separate tutorial, since to get started with this tutorial, you need nothing more than your current HTML editor, or simply use Notepad or Wordpad.