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XSLT 2.0 Web Development Book Giveaway / Questions

 
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Here are my questions about the XSLT 2.0 Web Development book:

Are there example translation files in your book?

Do you talk about XSLT translations to lots of different formats?

Do you talk about tools (Open Source and others) to use with our XSLT files to translate our data?
 
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1 Yes, the book has a fair amount of example XSLT code, including one big almost-real-world transformation stylesheet for a sample web site.

2 Yes, the book covers using XSLT for producing other output formats (bitmap images, PDF, Flash) as well as converting documents from various non-XML formats (word processors, plain text).

3 Yes, a big chapter is devoted to all kinds of XML/XSLT software, and many of the reviewed tools are open source.
 
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Dmitry,

What XML/XSLT tools would you recommend using? I have heard of quite a few different tools that cost such as Stylus Studio and XML Spy, but I haven't really looked into them to see if they are worth the license fee.

I know you said that your book goes into detail about what tools work best, but I just thought I'd see if you had a few that you personally would recommend.

Thanks,
Dave
[ July 14, 2004: Message edited by: Dave Knipp ]
 
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Thanks for the reply. I'll have to check out your book.

Our Denver Java User Group had a couple of talks on XSLT including one on using the Apache FOP to do all sorts of interesting transformations.

Of course, I wouldn't mind winning a copy too - hint, hint.
 
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I am currently working with on an application that, for the time being, is stuck in the JDK 1.3 world. Early this year, I made an attempt to upgrade to JDK 1.4 but was met with all kinds of trouble because of the fact that we are using now-deprecated Xalan/Xerces function calls. My question is does your book offer any guidance on how to upgrade to the newer versions of Xalan/Xerces? I searched all over the web and found little help regarding upgrade paths from Xerces/Xalan 1.0.

Thanks, and I look forward to reading your book!
Josh
 
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Dave: It's hard to give recommendations without knowing your requirements in detail. It also depends on what approach to tools you prefer in general. For example I tend to be a minimalist, and most of the time the only tools I use are the text editor (Emacs) and the XSLT processor (Saxon). XSLT is really a very simple language, and helper or debug tools are rarely necessary. When you need them, however, there's the XSLT-process IDE right inside Emacs (which I quite like). Perhaps the most important feature for an XSLT programmer is the ability to run arbitrary XPath queries against your source; this feature is available in standalone utilities, shells (xsh.sf.net), and some XML-enabled editors.
 
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Josh: sorry but your question is really outside the scope of my book, or my experience for that matter I'm a XSLT person; try to get help from Java people on how to use Xalan/Xerces from Java.
 
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