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GeoServer Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   GeoServer Beginner's Guide Share geospatial data using Open Source standards

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788297370
Length 384 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. GIS Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with GeoServer 3. Exploring the Administrative Interface 4. Adding Your Data 5. Accessing Layers 6. Styling Your Layers 7. Creating Simple Maps 8. Performance and Caching 9. Automating Tasks - GeoServer REST Interface 10. Securing GeoServer Before Production 11. Tuning GeoServer in a Production Environment 12. Going Further - Getting Help and Troubleshooting

Editing styles

We have seen that styles are XML files, and hence are plain text files. We can use different editing tools to edit a style. A simple and effective choice could be your preferred text editor, for example, vi, emacs, or Notepad++. Using a text editor lets you concentrate on the content and avoid the learning curve of a new tool. On the other hand, you need to consider that as long as you add rules and symbols, things may become fairly complicated and the final style can be a huge file. A tool that has highlighted syntax for XML may greatly help you in debugging your styles. Of course, if you are already familiar with a specialized XML editor, you can also appreciate its support for XSD validation; however, usually, I find it overkill.

If you are using Windows as an operating system, I really suggest you consider using Notepad++ as your default text editor. Notepad...
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