- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (8 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201770830
- ISBN-13: 978-0201770834
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,113,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the most important technologies on the XML bandwagon is XSL, which really comprises separate XSL, XSLT and Xpath standards. The XSL Companion provides in-depth coverage of XSL and XSLT--the core technologies behind formatting XML data.
This book focuses on the details of how XSLT in particular can be used to mould information on the fly. The author breaks the standard apart into digestible chapters such as "contextual formatting" and "sorting". The content is fast moving and demands a technical reader comfortable with complexity. Those new to XML technologies should pick up a general tutorial prior to tackling this book.
Along with text explanations of all the magic XSLT and XSL can do, the author uses code snippets as well as numerous graphical diagrams to illustrate information processing, layout and tree navigation. These visual elements add much to the explanation of what would otherwise be very abstract concepts indeed.
The author addresses head on the fact that much of XSLT's job today is turning XML data into HTML-formatted documents compatible with the current batch of browsers. There is plenty of focus in this book on how that is done, but the chief purpose still remains the exploration of the powerful transformation and formatting features the XSL standards provide. --Stephen W. Plain --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A concise, comprehensive and accessible guide to the scope, strengths and limitations of the XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) family of stylesheet standards for XML, this book explains the practical ways in which XSL can be utilized for formatting and manipulating information held in the hugely popular XML data format.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is very shabbily written. The examples are so skeletal they are almost useless. There is no attached CD and the web support for this book is dismal.
This book is only remotely useful as a very basic reference.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Had i been able to give zero stars for this book i certainly would have. It covers only the very basic elements of the subject and does so in a cluttered confused manner. It proved barely any better than the readme files shipped with any XSL source to be honest.. completely hopeless. Avoid.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a relative beginner to XSL I found this book unstructured. The examples were simplistic. It was unable to answer specific questions about XSL.
It was not a book to use as a companion if you are having to work with XSL
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Excellent tutorial, not really a reference
Contrary to other reviewers I quite like this author's didactic style and learnt a great deal from this book. It is not really a desktop companion--you have to go away and read it. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2008 by ct1003
Give the book a chance
I admit this book is not as good as it could be. But I found it useful as a reference.
The examples are absolutely appalling however and most of them will not work as they are... Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2001
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