Get a head start with eXist, the open source NoSQL database and application development platform built entirely around XML technologies. With this hands-on guide, you ?ll learn eXist from the ground up, from using this feature-rich database to work with millions of documents to building complex web applications that take advantage of eXist ?s many extensions. If you ?re familiar with XML ?as a student, professor, publisher, or developer ?you ?ll find that eXist is ideal for all kinds of documents.