Re: [xsl] Javascript in Xsl using-Xalan-Problem

[Barry Lay <blay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

M. David Peterson wrote:

> Dr. Kay also has an XSLT 2.0 book that can be preordered from Amazon 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764569090/qid=1086468757/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3934922-7293706?v=glance&s=books). 
> Its obviously not available now so if your consideration is for the short 
> term then this obviously doesn't help.  If its for the long term though 
> you're good to go.
>  
I will look forward to it.

> Being someone who has gone through the mental transition from procedural to 
> declarative/functional styled programming I can assure you that, while it 
> does take some effort, its not as big of a deal to make the transition as 
> people think it is.  The upside is enormous and the effort fairly minimal. 
> Its DEFINITELY worth the effort.  With that said...
>  
I quite agree.  I would much rather have the serious programmers make 
the effort to learn XSLT, but as a consultant my control is limited.  
Having the department-oriented business rules in JavaScript does mean 
that the programmers have less of an excuse not to maintain it. 

I am also looking forward to your port of Saxon to .NET.  I am sticking 
with Java for the cross-platform support but those VB programmers are 
more likely to accept a .NET solution.

Barry