XSLT Quickly
October 19, 2001
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This is Chapter 1, "A Brief Tutorial", of
XSLT Quickly
published by Manning Publications
Copyright 2001 Manning Publications Company. Reprinted with permission.
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XSLT Quickly is, quite obviously, for anyone who needs to learn
XSLT quickly. This book has two main goals: to familiarize the
reader with the portions of XSLT that he/she will use eighty per
cent of the time, and to provide a "cookbook" approach to
learning additional techniques as they are needed.
Part One is a step-by-step tutorial that brings the reader up to
speed on the basic concepts and document manipulation techniques
necessary for the most common XSLT tasks. More importantly, it
represents the foundation on which the understanding of
everything in Part Two is built.
Part Two is a cookbook--a task-oriented user's guide to various
issues one may meet in tackling XSLT. This portion of the book is
organized by the goals of XSLT tasks (converting elements to
attributes, reading in multiple documents at once, etc.). This
makes it far easier for readers who don't already know XSLT to
quickly find the solutions to their stylesheet development
problems.
XSLT Quickly also includes a glossary, a quick reference section
for XSLT syntax, and a quick reference for using the popular XSLT
processors.
Chapter 1
- Part One
- What Is XSLT (And XSL, And XPATH)?
- XSLT and Alternatives
- Part Two
- A Simple XSLT Stylesheet
- Template Rules
- Running an XSLT Processor
- Part Three
- More Element and Attribute Manipulation
- Attribute Value Templates
- Summing Up The Tutorial
What Is XSLT (And XSL, And XPATH)?
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