Re: [xsl] XSLT or static site generator

["G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it is just a matter of awareness.  XSLT has been well suited 
to this since it was released in 1999.  Too many myopic Java 
programmers (and their managers) not considering there might be 
another language out there designed for processing XML and producing 
markup results.

I'm not familiar with Pelican but I can testify to often using XML 
and XSLT to create static HTML pages that are being delivered.  My 
web sites are done this way with site maps in XML expressing 
dependencies and XSLT synthesizing ANT scripts that do piecemeal 
updates of the server of only pages that have changed since the last update:

   http://CraneSoftwrights.com

I'm doing some volunteer work in Africa using this model of XML/XSLT 
to HTML/CSS:

   http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/tembonetwork.htm

Regarding your comment about browsers lacking newer features, you can 
also consider running XSLT in the browser using Saxon/CE ... I have 
an example running here:

   http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/Crane-UBL-Skeleton/

I've been trying to preach XSLT since the beginning ... some people 
refuse to listen.

. . . . . Ken

At 2016-04-29 20:37 +0000, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   Anybody else noticing a proliferation of static site generators 
> made in dynamic programming languages that generate a fully static 
> site of pure HTML and CSS?  One such example is Pelican.
>
>   I'm curious why XSLT just doesn't rule this space?  XSLT 
> transformations are very powerful for generating HTML.  It provides 
> features to have template hierarchies, where you have multiple XSLT 
> files based on other ones until you have your base template with 
> the general look and feel of the site.
>
>   Furthermore, browsers can also perform XSLT transformations, but 
> lack some newer XSLT features.
>
>   Do you think XSLT should be used in place of say tools like 
> Pelican?  I recently created a nice looking static site using just 
> XSLT and XML, and is fully compatible with all current browsers.  I 
> personally don't see a need for tools like Pelican.
>
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