Subject: Re: [xsl] Good quality XSLT course in the UK? From: Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:34 +0200 |
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:40:16 +0100 > Fabre Lambeau <fabre.lambeau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This message is for the UK readers among you. > > My company has (finally) decided to send a couple of people onto an > > XSLT course so that I'm not the only one with any working knowledge of > > the technology (which we are using more and more often). They've given > > me the job to find a relevant course. Unfortunately, I've learned all > > I know about it (allegedly not that much) by myself over the years, > > and a good amount of reading (thanks, Michael Kay, Jeni Tennison, > > Miloslav Nic and countless others!), so I don't really know... > > > > Can anyone recommend a good XPath/XSLT course somewhere in the UK that > > would make a non-programmer confident enough to be able to read / > > alter existing XSLT stylesheets, and build their own (simple) ones? > > I'm a little worried about the adjective "non-programmer" in here. A full-blown XPath/XSLT training that doesn't take longer than a week is bound to have contradictory entry conditions. (And I don't think any curriculum would seriously consider XSLT as a "first language".) I'm not saying that these non-programmers won't be able to learn what is necessary to alter and write *simple* stylesheets. But there's a not to be neglected risk that being exposed to a week of "*all* of XSLT/XQuery/XPath" (quote from a very good course's description) will frustrate and confuse them, rather than teach them the basics. If I were in your position, I'd take time out for a one-day workshop, showing them the basics and letting them try for themselves, which should give you an idea whether they can weather a heavier dose. -W
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