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Summary: excellent book
Review: one of the best, if not the best computer books i've ever read. this book begins with a tutorial and later turns into a very good reference. because of this you probably won't need another xslt book. this book is complete, and also very dense. if you are serious about learning xsl read this book! 5 stars easily!
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Summary: The only programming book open on my desk
Review: I am a web programmer. I use Javascript, ASP, XSL, VBScript, and SQL daily. Over the years I have collected a number of books. I pretty much like them all, but now, most just have a prominent place on my book shelf. My computer and online references are faster, etc.But this book. It is open on my desk and I refer to it daily. I carry it back and forth to work with me. I wouldn't be without it. Yes it is a programmers reference. Yes you need to use other sources as well to learn XSLT, but this book is the one that is an absolute must have. Besides being a reference, it also has "mind reading" examples. It seems this author knew what I was going to ask. for example, the section on xsl:variable has a page that says "beginners often try to write this as... ... but this is the way to do it ..." That and other examples like it has answered my questions and made me look like an expert to my peers. Cheers
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Summary: Informative but not for beginners
Review: This book is a thorough reference of XSLT. However, don't read it as a tutorial. Before reading this book, I had already read one on XML, and a couple of XSLT web tutorials, plus a few magazine articles on XSLT. That was about enough to understand what this book has to tell you about the details of XSLT.
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Summary: Excellent reference book
Review: As the title says, this really is a reference book. The first three chapters give a good overview of XSLT but are not geared towards hand holding. The rest of the book is reference material except for two chapters devoted to some in depth examples. The reference material is excellent. This book is a must have for anyone doing significant XSLT development.
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Summary: I read thge 1st Edition and bought the 2nd Edition
Review: I used the 1st Edition of the book about November 2000 and using
XSLT in my daily programmming. Didn't have to buy any other book
about XSLT. Bought 2nd Edition recently. Examples helps a Lot plus the book
acts as refernce. -- niladri
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I used this book to get me from knowing nothing about XSLT to the point where I could write stylesheets for a customer's project. It was perfect for that task.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Review: Awesome reference from cover to cover. Good TOC and index to help you find the specific information you're looking for, rather than having to read a lot of unrelated info. Good examples. Note that this is a "programmer's reference." You need to be very familiar with XML and understand how XSL fits into the picture. If you're totally a beginner wondering what all this mess is, I'd recommend Simon St Laurent's "XML - A Primer". St Laurent's book is a good read because it teaches you the theories behind the emerging technologies enhancing XML like XSL, Xpath, XLink, etc. The Michael Kay book will then be able to give you the terrific insights into how to apply the theories.
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Summary: awesome
Review: I have vowed not to buy another WROX book that has more than 3 authors. This is an amazing book written by a single author. He is tackling a hard subject to write about,as XML, XSL, and XSLT is such a new thing there were few resources when this was written. He covers the different parsers is great detail, although this is done in the appendice, so be sure and read the section on the parser you will be using. I haven't read through the whole thing, but so far everything in the book has been correct, thorough, and well-written. He shows how to place a great deal of programming logic in XSLT which is important, because no matter what is spitting out the XML it is handy to be able to do perform standard programming logic such as loops and if/then statements. I hope authors of other programming books will read this one and become inspired.
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Summary: Five Stars
Review: Before this book, the only way to use XSL seemed to be msdn.microsoft.com, regardless of whether you were using in Java or an MS language; and even then, all you could do was copy fairly mysterious examples. This book does for XSL/XSLT what the Wrox ASP book did: allow programmers to (finally) fully understand a technology and start using it right away.
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Summary: Good for Reference
Review: I bought this book intending to deepen my understanding of XSLT and how to utilize it, but that is not what this book delivers. It is a thorough and exacting reference of XSL functions and elements, along with a survey style review of a host of related topics and products, including SAX, the MSXML parser, and how to use CSS as an alternative to XSLT. But overall, the book works better as a technical reference than for reading to learn technique. As a reference, the book deserves at least four stars for its penetrating depth and accuracy, but I would not recommend it as a way to learn anything new about how to use the language.
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