Re: [xsl] Unable to get Firefox to apply XSL

["Dean Fiala dfiala@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check out Lightsail on AWS

https://aws.amazon.com/free/compute/lightsail/

Quick and cheap path to getting a simple web server set up -- leaving the
fun part of creating a web app that takes a stylesheet and xml file and
does the transformation. For that you can use your choice of Ruby on Rails,
Python, java, etc. -- I bet with a little google foo you can probably even
find a working example to get you started.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:21 PM Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That would be great, but unfortunately it's far beyond my capabilities --
> I wouldn't even know where to start to set up something like that :(  But
> maybe I can teach myself between now and next time we teach the class!
>
> Michele
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norm Tovey-Walsh ndw@xxxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 12:18 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Unable to get Firefox to apply XSL
>
> > I suppose I could give them Saxon and a pre-written batch file so all
> > they have to do is double-click; saxon is pretty self-contained.
>
> One way forward for this sort of thing is to pull the infrastructure onto
> your end. Setup a web form where they can upload the file (or the
> stylesheet, or both, Ibm not sure which bit the students are working on),
> transform it form them, and send back the results.
>
> For a few students with small files, itbs not an objectively large task
to
> setup a server that can do small transformations, but of course it depends
> a little bit on what infrastructure you have available.
>
> Ibve seen some very successful tutorials that were entirely bcloud
basedb
> like this. It doesnbt work for everything, but it does work for some
things
> and it might possibly work for you here.
>
> Good luck!
>
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
>
> --
> Norman Tovey-Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> https://nwalsh.com/
>
> > Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they
> > understand everything too soon.--Pope