RE: [xsl] Need 3 good reasons why XSLT is better than JSP+Velocity

Subject: RE: [xsl] Need 3 good reasons why XSLT is better than JSP+Velocity
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:03:35 -0000
> But many web developers tell me that they'd rather use Velocity
> templates in conjunction with JSP to accomplish the same
> thing, whether
> the source content comes from flat XML files, an XML repository, or an
> Oracle database.  They know Java, they argue, so why bother
> with XSLT?
>
> So I'm looking for three good reasons why they're wrong.

One that hasn't been mentioned is that XSLT is the only technology I know of
that can be used equally well client-side and server-side, as well as being
equally at home in the Microsoft and Java camps.

Mike Kay


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