Subject: Re: [xsl] Books on XSLT/XPATH From: Rashmi Rubdi <dev_subscriptions@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:45:21 -0800 (PST) |
I have XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 by Michael Kay and also Beginning XSLT 2.0 from Novice to Professional by Jenni Tennison. Since I was a newbie to XSLT I started with the Beginning XSLT 2.0 book, I have come to understand many new features of XSLT 2.0 with this book I've read up until Paths and Sequences but haven't tried the exercises in the book yet. I feel that when learning any programming language there are multiple stages of learning 1) Learn all the concepts first and get a high level understand of the overall language. Especially if one is comeing from a procedural language or OO background it helps to look at things from a new perspective or at least anticipate that there's a new perspective to any language. 2) Re-read and practice the exercises - the second pass gets the foundation strong. 3) Then look at design patterns that provide common solutions to known/ frequent problems. After gaining some basic understanding of XSLT I looked through the XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 books by Michael Kay, and I feel that the two books are written very well and cover each topic comprehensively with tabular references, graphs, code snippets. I plan to read them soon once I finish the Beginning XSLT book, or I may refer them on an as needed basis to look-up detailed information regarding a topic. The index of the book shows the page numbers for each topic clearly and I find that it is easy to navigate the book, upon understanding the basic concepts of XSLT and XPath. -Regards Rashmi ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:08:25 PM Subject: RE: [xsl] Books on XSLT/XPATH > so the > reflection is obviously one against the format chosen by Wrox > and continued when Wiley took things over. Of course, I > can't imagine that this is something they do in > ignorance: My guess is that their research and/or > user-feedback from over the years suggests this to be a > format that works for the core readers/customers that are > attracted to Wrox titles. Actually, the original Wrox (when they were an independent UK-based publisher) got this right; when Wiley took over the brand they messed it up, largely due to a lack of coordination between their "editorial" and "production" departments - a distinction which didn't exist in the much smaller Wrox company. When the technical editor and I realized the page proofs didn't have the alphabetical section headings we tried to get it fixed but were told it was too late to change, for which I can only apologize to readers! I'm in the very early stages of discussion with Wiley about doing a revised edition of the books to fix the few areas where the final specs have diverged. Don't hold your breath. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091
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