Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional [Paperback]

Jeni Tennison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590593243 | ISBN-13: 978-1590593240 | Publication Date: July 28, 2005 | Edition: 2nd

Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional introduces XML and XSLT bit-by-bit, gradually demonstrating the techniques that are required to generate HTML (and other formats) from XML. The second part pulls the theory together by looking at what you can do with XSLT, including generating graphics. Each chapter has several step-by-step examples, for which code is available online, and a list of exercise questions at the end that help review the new features described in that chapter. All of the examples and exercises are based around a single case study: making TV listings available online.

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From the Author

Jeni Tennison is an independent consultant specializing in XSLT and XML Schema development. She trained as a knowledge engineer, gaining a Ph.D. in collaborative ontology development, and has since become a consultant working in a variety of areas including publishing, water monitoring, and financial services. She is the author of XPath on the Edge and Beginning XSLT and is one of the founders of the EXSLT initiative to standardize extensions to XSLT and XPath. She is an invited expert on the W3C XSL Working Group, and she was voted ActiveState Activator's Choice XSLT Programmer of the Year in 2002. She spends much of her spare time answering people's queries on the XSL-List and xmlschema-dev mailing lists.

About the Author

 Jeni Tennison is an independent consultant specializing in XSLT and XML Schema development. She trained as a knowledge engineer, gaining a Ph.D. in collaborative ontology development, and has since become a consultant working in a variety of areas, including publishing, water monitoring, and financial services. She is the author of "XPath On The Edge" and "Beginning XSLT" and one of the founders of the EXSLT initiative to standardize extensions to XSLT and XPath. She is an invited expert on the W3C XSL Working Group, and was voted ActiveState Activator's Choice XSLT Programmer of the Year in 2002. She spends much of her spare time answering people's queries on the XSL-List and xmlschema-dev mailing lists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 824 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2nd edition (July 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590593243
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593240
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best book on the subject, September 2, 2005

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Anupam Bakshi "anupamb" (MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

I'm new to XML technology, yet I wanted to do some complex processing using XSLT in a short amount of time. I spent almost a week with other books and online tutorials, but I was not getting anywhere, and was just about ready to punt and use Perl. That is, until I saw the reviews for the previous edition of this book. All those positive reviews apply to this edition too.

This book is very well though out and presented. It is very easy to read; yet it covers the topics in detail. The author understands the difficultly a typical software programmer would face dealing with XSLT and addresses the issues clearly.

If you are new to XSLT and looking for a book, make sure you look at which version is covered in the book. This one covers the latest.

I would absolutely recommend this book. Thanks to the author!

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you are a beginner to XSLT, you might want to reconsider another book, February 14, 2006

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This review is from: Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

This book does not start with actually teaching XSLT. Chpt1 is called Beyond HTML (no XSLT) Chpt2 is about XML, Chpt3 is creating HTML from XML (see what I am getting at, SHOW ME THE XSLT!). After getting this book I actually immediately ordered Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days because I know from experience these books get you right into the subject matter and get you going. However this book will be valuable due to it's broad and detailed scope if you have 6 months time to eventually digest it all. At times it is overly wordy on insignificant matter and instead of building on simple examples as you progress the author uses a complete TV guide right off the start which I find to be quite complex to start teaching people!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, organized and effective, December 28, 2007

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D. le Franz (Mi Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

I suggest this book to all intermediate developers.
The organization of the book focus topics from basic xml to dynamic application using xslt.
Each topic is followed by another in a natural way, making you learning step by step.

Personally i like how the book is organized: a feature is followed by a small example just to give you an idea of how it works, some notes about the caveats and a summary to read while revisiting the book later.

This is how books should be organized not as a mere cut & paste from online ref doc as some books did.

Highly recommended if you want to learn xslt and xpath quickly but in an effective way.