Subject: [xsl] Where to learn XSLT? (for Timothy Allen) From: "Vladimir Stanciu" <vlads@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:58:37 +0300 |
YOU ASKED: ========== Hi all, I am a little bit new to some of this as all my codeing so far has relied on CSS syntax Does anyone know good books or website to recommend for me ? May thanks in advance Regards Tim ============================== RESPONSE: Hi, I had a great headake when I first started to learn XSLT. I tried a lot of tutorials like the ones on http://www.vbxml.com, or http://www.xml.com, etc. They were nice for getting the picture, but not for getting into detail. The most complete XSLT reference you can find comes with The MS XML Parser 4.0 SDK from Microsoft. You can download it for FREE from somewhere at http://www.microsoft.com. !BE CAREFUL! The docuementation is for the Microsoft Parser. Some (very few) elements are for this parser exclusively, but it's mentioned in the documentation; for example the "format-date" function is called: "ms:format-date Function". If you develop to use with other parsers avoid using them. Surely, you must be working on Windows for this to work... You can test your XSLT in Internet Explorer using the parser before using it on the application you're building for. ADDITIONALLY, a great tool for developing any XML-based document (such as XSLT or XSL) is XML-Spy. You can download a free trial from http://www.xmlspy.com. It helps you a lot as it has "auto-completion" for XSL tags. You type "<xsl:val" and it writes the rest for you. "<xsl:value-of select=""/>". It uses a parser such as MS XML Parser or any other (it's configurable) to test and verify your work. Vladimir Stanciu vlads@xxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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