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Just XSL is a clear, thorough, hands-on tutorial on using three closely related Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) technologies: XPath for navigating XML documents, XSL Transformations (XSLT) for transforming XML documents, and XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) for rendering their content. John Simpson -- author of the best-selling Just XML -- teaches application developers and content specialists all the techniques they need to be effective with XSL -- fast. He teaches XPath, XSLT, XSL-FO by way of a complete, easy-to-use sample XML application -- the FlixML language for building movie reviews. Just XSL covers both client-side and server-side technologies. Every chapter of this breezy, informal book includes a complete example that illustrates the key techniques covered. For all Web developers familiar with the basics of XML. Since this book covers XSL-FO, it will be among the few XSL books that will be well suited for developers of print and publishing applications. No programming experience or knowledge is required.
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Just XSL is an easy, hands-on tutorial on three related XSL technologies: XPath, XSLT, and XSL-FO. Best-selling Just XML author John E. Simpson introduces all three through a single, easy-to-follow sample application that demonstrates exactly how they work together in the real world. Breezy and informal, Just XSL is perfect for both developers and content specialists.
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