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Title: XSLT Programmer's Reference by Michael Kay ISBN: 1-86100-312-9 Publisher: Wrox Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (73 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great XSLT (don't confuse with XML) reference
Comment: Okay, now that you know about having your data into XML, what do you do with it? And since browser compatibility with XML is somewhat limited and not really available to the general public (too much beta), you have to look at a more extensive way to show your XML than straight CSS.
This book is the one I've read that contains the BEST reference about XSLT. I've read a lot of book that covers only a little bit for each functions. This book does contain a lot of explanation to it.
This book is NOT MEANT as a way to LEARN XML/XSL but rather a way to BETTER PROGRAM/UNDERSTAND XSL once you know XML. That's what a Programmer's Reference is for.
If you are looking for a book to tell you what is XSLT, get the Beginning XML or Professional XML, depending on your XML level. Once you have mastered that, you'll be ready for this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything you need to know to use XSLT effectively
Comment: This is an excellent book on XSLT. It provides a good and thorough explanation of XSLT's purpose, its features and their rationale, its relationship of other XML-based technologies, and most importantly how to use it effectively. I found the chapter on design patterns especially useful - it explained when to use XSLT like a procedural programming language (Java, JavaScript, C++, etc) and when to use it as a functional programming language.
It also provides a complete reference to XSLT, including implementation-specific details on XT, Saxon, and MSXML. My only quibble is that it doesn't provide as much information on the Xalan implementation (which I use).
Rating: 5
Summary: A good intro to a tough topic
Comment: XSLT is almost the official programming language of XML - in fact, it uses XML as its representation. Given the importance of XML, XSLT is going to be a critical tool at anyone's workbench sooner or later.
XSLT is also a hard language to work with. That's where this book comes in. When I needed to write an XML-based application of my own - one involving DocBook, HTML, and XSLT itself - XSLT was the natural choice, though a daunting one. Using only this book, I managed to pick up the XSLT programming model (hint: there is almost no such thing as flow of control) and get the job done. Kay's discussions of XML name spaces and other basics were part of what got the job done right.
This book should be on the shelf of every serious XML programmer. I don't know whether a programming beginner would get the full value from it, but experienced readers will find it dense, well-organized, and above all helpful.
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Title: XSLT Cookbook by Sal Mangano ISBN: 0596003722 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: XSLT and XPath On The Edge, Unlimited Edition by Jeni Tennison ISBN: 0764547763 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Definitive XML Schema by Priscilla Walmsley ISBN: 0130655678 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 07 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold, W. Scott Means ISBN: 0596002920 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Beginning XML, Second Edition by David Hunter, Kurt Cagle, Chris Dix, Roger Kovack, Jonathan Pinnock, Jeff Rafter ISBN: 0764543946 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 20 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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