Welcome Welcome to Beginning XSLT, a comprehensive introduction to the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations. Who is this Book For? This book introduces those with a little knowledge of markup languages (HTML, XML, etc.) to the exciting world of XSLT. No prior programming knowledge is assumed or needed. This is a beginning book, so we will aim to teach you everything you need to know from scratch. This book will be equally beneficial to designers and programmers alike. What's Covered in this Book This book is divided into two parts. The first part introduces XML and XSL T bit by bit, gradually demonstrating the techniques that you need to generate HTML (and other formats) from XML. The second part pulls the theory together by looking at some of the other things that you can do with XSLT, including generating formats other than HTML, pulling information out of a variety of XML formats, and validating XML.

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 the forthcoming "Beginning XSLT 2.0: From Novice to Professional" (Apress) 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. Tennison spends much of her spare time answering people's queries on the XSL-List and xmlschema-dev mailing lists.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Aimed at both Web designers and Web developers, Beginning XSLT provides an in-depth tutorial and reference to XSL ... . Starting from the ground up, this text provides an extremely detailed yet accessible survey of the latest in tools and XSL programming techniques ... . As a thorough tutorial to XSL, this text stands out, with its patient authorial style ... . The advantage to this approach is the consistency of the material." (it-expert, Issue no. 48, 2004)

Book Information
ISBN 9781590592601
Author Jeni Tennison
Format Paperback
Page Count 768
Imprint APress
Publisher APress