Re: [xsl] recommendations on books

[RQamar <qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks David for the strong recommendation. I hope someday I'll be an 
XSLT and XPath wiz-kid as well :).

Rahil

M. David Peterson wrote:

> Not that my recommendation has anything even close to the same impact
> as DaveP but coming from the standpoint of someone who has been
> consumed by all things XSLT 2.0 such that I can learn how to better
> integrate Saxon.Net into the .Net platform as well as become an
> overall better programmer I can assure you (and anybody else) that
> just as was expected these two books have not/do not leave my side ...
> While I am most definitely looking forward to adding Jeni Tennisons
> 2.0 title to my collection when it is published these two titles have
> been and will continue to be my goto reference manuals looking to
> Jeni's title to help supplement in the areas in which I may be
> struggling with...
>
> With that said I can definitely say that having the two titles
> separate has become a huge benefit as XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 are two
> totally and completely different languages.  By referencing them as
> separate languages that just so happen to work really well together
> (well, XSLT 2.0 wouldn't work without XPath 2.0 where as the reverse
> is not true) it has helped keep them separate in my mind and as I am
> beginning to learn more about XQuery this has proven to be a HUGE
> help!
>
> Hope this helps :)
>
> <M:D/>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:10:21 +0000, RQamar <qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi Michael and David
> >
> > That sounds good. I'll go ahead and buy them both   :)
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> > Regards
> > Rahil
> >
> >
> > Michael Kay wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > My XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 books are designed to be used together: if you get
> > > the XSLT 2.0 book, you really need the XPath one as well.
> > >
> > > Michael Kay
> > > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: RQamar [mailto:qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 25 January 2005 11:22
> > > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [xsl] recommendations on books
> > > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Its probably the best place to find out which book I should buy for
> > > > learning more about XSLT and XPath. I've seen Michael Kay's book on
> > > > XSLT2.0 and it seems really good but was wondering whether it
> > > > would give
> > > > me enough information on XPath as well.
> > > >
> > > > Any recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Rahil