[xsl] What new XSLT/XPath tools+features would you like to have?

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is a question asked by a Microsoft developer in the forum "XML
and the .NET Framework":

  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=616083&SiteID=1

As this falls quite into the interests of this mailing list, I am
quoting the message in full:

" In effort to prioritize our goals we composed the list of random
features each of them may add value to set of XSLT tools offered from
Microsoft.



1.       XSLTc (Compiler for XSLT stylesheets, that generates .NET
assemblies)

2.       Performance improvements in the XslCompiledTransform

3.       Compilation XSLT to JScript (like AjaXslt)

4.       Compilation XSLT to C++

5.       XSLT 2.0 in the XslCompiledTransform

6.       XSLT 2.0 in the MSXML

7.       XPath 2.0 in the Select() methods of XPathNavigator/XmlDocument

8.       XQuery processor in .NET Framework



9.       Current Node Highlighting (in the source document on each
XsltDebugger step)

10.   Data Breakpoints (Ability to put breakpoints in the source
document to break when this node becomes current for any
xsl:for-each/xsl:apply-templates instruction)

11.   Profiling (Ability to profile XSLT execution with VS tools)

12.   XPath Visualizer/Search (Ability to use XPath in the
Find/Replace dialog in the XmlEditor)

13.   Extend expression evaluator in the XsltDebugger with support to
XSLT functions (document(), key(), ) and script functions

14.   Intellisense in XPath expressions in the XmlEditor

15.   Stepping through match patterns while evaluating xsl:apply-templates

16.   Other _________________________



We'd be happy to hear your opinion. I'll post back the results in two weeks.

Please send your wishes and suggestions to sdub.xslt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks.




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Anyone, who would like to see new XSLT/XPath tools and features --
please, send your feedback by clicking the above link and replying to
the original message. Now is the time.


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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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