RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.0 book in print

Subject: RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.0 book in print
From: xptm@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:48:43 +0100
Is this book covering only XSLT 2.0 (meaning you have to know your way in
XSLT
1.0 allready) or can be a starting point for all XSLT?

Quoting Michael Kay <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>:

> >  In the new
> >     edition of my XSLT Programmer's Reference (just out)
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the hint Michael.
> >
> > Details please?
> >
>
> It's actually now two books:
>
> XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764569090/
>
> XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764569104/
>
> Amazon are currently listing the second one as "not yet released", but I've
> had my copy for ten days so it must be any day now.
>
> For XSLT users, you really need both.
>
> Wiley's seem to have done quite a good job. Their back-end processes took a
> lot longer than the old Wrox Press, but I'm optimistic that will mean fewer
> errors, and in the event it meant that we were able to get a lot of late
> changes in, including some WG decisions made in early July. In fact, the
> book is currently more up-to-date with WG decisions than the published W3C
> specs.
>
> If you're familiar with the previous edition, you'll find that about 75% of
> the old material is still there and accounts for about 50% of what's in the
> new books, i.e. half of the material is new.
>
> I wish they had given more space to my name on the cover and less to my
> photo, but that's just personal vanity...
>
> Michael Kay
>
>







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