RE: [xsl] Looking for Tools & Books

Subject: RE: [xsl] Looking for Tools & Books
From: cknell@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:32:35 -0400
First you need a good programmer's editor. I suggest the shareware product UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com). It has the usual things programmer's editors have (color-coded syntax highlighting, auto-complete, a variety of project management tools, macros, templates, etc.). One thing I particularly like is the button on the toolbar that lets you view the file you are editing in your default browser. I use that for debugging JavaScript and checking the appearance of my HTML.

A good book on JavaScript is indispensable. I suggest the "JavaScript Bible", ISBN 0764533428. For really good JavaScript implementations, you will want to use an object-oriented programming approach. The late, lamented imprint, WROX had an OO JavaScript book
entitled JavaScript Objects, ISBN 1861001894. You can find it second-hand on the web

You can also use UltraEdit to debug XSLT transformations, but for really tricky problems, you may want to get a copy of XSLerator from Marrowsoft (www.marrowsoft.com).

Depending on how much XSLT you already know, there are a number of books I could recommend. The XSLT Programmer's Reference, 2nd Edition, by Michael Kay is a good reference book. I found that I couldn't understand the tutorial parts until I had first got some experience. I have bought and thrown away more XML books than I care to remember, but the quality seems to be getting better. Jenni Tenison's books are good. Inside XSLT from New Riders by Steven Holzner is good (ISBN 0735711364).
-- 
Charles Knell
cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email



-----Original Message-----
From:     Amir Yiron <amir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:34:09 +0200
To:       "xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'>
Subject:  [xsl] Looking for Tools & Books

Hello,
 
I intend to write a web application for IE6.
The application is based on XML/XSLT (XSLT runs on client side - IE6) and the transformation output is XHTML/JavaScript pages.
Could somebody recommend me on tools and books appropriate for this specific configuration?
 
And specifically, I'm looking for a good tool for developing/debugging of (X)HTML/JavaScript, and also XSLT if possible.
 
Thanks in advance,
-- Amir

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