Overview
XSLT For Dummies is your ticket to quickly masteringXSLT—no matter what your prior programming experience.Writing in easygoing, plain English, XML pro Richard Wagnerprovides expert advice, step-by-step guidance, and tons ofcrystal-clear examples to help you harness the power of XSLT totransform documen ts. In no time you’ll:
- Understand how XSLT works with XSL and XPath
- Experiment with templates, stylesheets, and expressions
- Perform HTML transformations
- Master XPath data types and functions
- Combine XSLT stylesheets
- Explore cool XSLT programming tricks
XSLT For Dummies works from the ground up, starting witha practical introduction of the “X-Team”—XML,XSL, XSLT, and X-Path—and instructions on how to write a XSLTstylesheet. From there it quickly moves onward and upward throughthe whole range of important XSLT topics, including:
- Transforming with stylesheets
- Understanding and using template rules
- Using XPath to locate nodes in XML documents
- Combining XSLT stylesheets and adding processinginstructions
- Debugging XSLT transformations
- Ten XSLT processors available online
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a babe in the woodswho can’t tell a “tag” from an element, oryou’re an old pro at creating XML documents, XSLT ForDummies offers you a fun, easy way to explore and take fulladvantage of Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations.
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