Re: XSLT vs Templating?

Masem, Cool question ++. I'm currently using the following:

Xalan XSL-T engine from the Apache group, C++ version works, but the Java one doesn't like me.
Instant Saxon, from Micheal Kay, Java standalone job.
Matts excellent XML::LibXSLT along with other XML tools.

I have found that the Perl interface in LibXML and LibXSLT are pretty powerful and fast, and seem to work okay, they can even hadle XSLT jobs that MSXML and hence XML Spy can't.

For my sins I'm using a home grown Templating system, but I plan to migrate to AxKit, which seems to do everything I could ever want....

On the books front, I have the following:

"XSLT" ISBN=ISBN 0596000537 which seems okay
"XML in a Nutshell" ISBN=ISBN 0596000588 which is a typical compact ORA nutshell
"XML Pocket Reference" ISBN=ISBN 1565927095 there is a new edition of this
There is also an ORA "Learning XML" ISBN=ISBN 0596000464, and a Wrox "XSLT Programmers Reference" (by Michael Kay), ISBN=ISBN 1861005067.

Good luck whatever you do....

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Re: Re: XSLT vs Templating? by ignatz (Vicar) on Jan 28, 2002 at 21:27 UTC
I've been very impressed with Aaron Skonnard and Martin Gudgin's Essential XML Quick Reference: A Programmer's Reference to XML, XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, SOAP, and More. It's in the same style as an O'Reilly nutshell book. It's very up to date with some handy UML diagrams. The examples are in Java and Visual Basic which is interesting as you can see the same interfaces being implemented in two entirely different languages. Still waiting for a hardcore Perl/XML book. :-( Perl's powerful way of handling data structures make it feel to me like the perfect language for working on XML, but Java seems to be doing a very good job of selling itself as THE language for XML.	[reply]

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Re: Re: XSLT vs Templating?
by ignatz (Vicar) on Jan 28, 2002 at 21:27 UTC

Essential XML Quick Reference: A Programmer's Reference to XML, XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, SOAP, and More

Still waiting for a hardcore Perl/XML book. :-( Perl's powerful way of handling data structures make it feel to me like the perfect language for working on XML, but Java seems to be doing a very good job of selling itself as THE language for XML.

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