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Summary: The best XSLT book I've read
Review: I bought the O'Reilly book titled XSLT, and boy it made no sense to me. I bought this one, and I *got* it. Kay is one of the world's foremost experts in XSLT (obviously), but he's a crackerjack technical writer too. I can't praise the book enough. It's simply a joy to read and use; I use it as my reference now that I am a proficient/expert XSLT programmer myself, and I have to say that I don't have many books that are good enough to introduce you to a subject and then keep around. I don't think I'll ever outgrow this one.
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Summary: XSLT in a real project
Review: On a contract with a deadline, I made a technology gamble on XSLT. Off to the bookshop, back with an armload for some serious self-ed. Kay's is the book (of half a dozen similar) that got used, for learning, as a style-guide and as a technical reference. Some of the other books were interesting, but Kay's was both everything required and the only thing required.We hit the deadline and exceeded all expectations with a superset of the specified functionality. The book was pivotal in our mastery of this technology, though I do like to think native talent helped. Loathe to part with a treasure (bought on corporate Diners, therefore part of company library) I put hand in pocket for my own copy. It's that good.
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Summary: The Top XSLT Reference Book - Full Stop
Review: The book is written by the top XSLT Guru and it is written extremely well. The book describes the concepts and the thinking behind the concepts related to XML/XSLT. Without this book I could not have understood many basic concepts of XSLT. I share over 95% positive views written by other users/readers. There is one extra comment which I can add - "This book is a 'serious MUST HAVE' for an XML/XSLT developer".
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Summary: Master this book and you are done!
Review: The only other book I would recommend is by Dr. Jeni Tennison
(XSLT and XPATH on the edge).
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Summary: Written like a dictionary
Review: I find the book complete but written poorly. The author will often begin a pararagraph by mentioninng every exception and fringe case before giving the general rule. This writing style makes it hard to browse and quickly get the point. As a reference, I want to look up a tag and see that tag highlighted in any examples. In this book, I often have to scan though long lists of code to get to the point.
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Summary: Not For Beginners
Review: I am an experienced programmer and have several Wrox books that I would happily recommend to any commercial programmer but this one seems to have been written by someone who is well-informed and well-intentioned but somehow distanced from "real" work. I want to see classic examples that I can relate to, e.g. sales order processing, but what we get here is poetry, family trees and knight's moves around a chessboard. In other words, an academic approach. Now I've spent all weekend trying to get to the beef but I'm still chewing the Taco. Anyone care to write a 90 page monograph on how to do XSLT? If so, I'm in the market.
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Summary: A great, great book!
Review: Wrox books have always impressed me in their format and choice of authors but this book is so exceptionally good that it is almost in a league of its own. It is the most readable reference work I have ever encountered - excellently written. Michael Kay's immense knowledge of his subject comes through on every page (It came as no surprise when I read that he had written the Saxon product). I've pretty much read every page - and have started working through it with a colleague at work who wanted to learn xml. I am a beginner to xml/xslt and mostly program for pleasure - and although it is sad to admit to, I found it addictive reading. It is truly worth every penny.
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Summary: THE REFERENCE
Review: First of all, I have to say that this was the first book on xslt I had read. If you are a beginner, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK!! It will scare the daylights out of you. Now, once I had gotten over my fear, and learned exactly what xslt is, and how simple it really is, this book has become invaluable. I have yet to come across an xslt book more complete and comprehencive. Michael Kay really really knows his stuff. Keep in mind, that is a reference book, and not a tutorial, and you will be making the right purchase.
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Summary: XSLT Inside and Out
Review: This is a *programmer's* book about XSLT. As such, it is the best I have used simply because it does not gloss over the details concering XSLT and XPath, rather it drills into them so as to give the reader a more thorough and greater understanding. But, it gets even better with fully worked examples. If you're serious about XSLT and want to really understand it, this is the book you want.
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Summary: The best XSLT reference
Review: Mike Kay, who is currently the editor of XSLT 2.0 and the author of one of the best XSLT processors, is a good writer who has a talent for presenting information in context. This is probably the best reference book, and the best explanation of the design behind XSLT. For a computer scientist familiar with the concepts of XML, it is also a very good general introduction to XSLT. If you intend to use XSLT seriously, this is the book. Jonathan
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