Free! mini-review of XSLT 2.0 web development

From the Back Cover

Leverage the incredible power of XSLT 2.0 to create sites that are easy to build, maintain, and extend!

This book teaches you exactly how to build state-of-the-art web sites with XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0. XML developer and web designer Dmitry Kirsanov drills down to real development challenges and specific tools and techniques for solving them.

You’ll learn from a hands-on project that gives you insights you just won’t find anywhere else. Kirsanov covers the entire project lifecycle: schema creation, validation, transformation, testing, and maintenance… offering outstanding code and markup examples every step of the way.

Explore new XSLT 2.0/XPath 2.0 standards from a web developer’s point of view
Develop rock-solid, high-performance domain-specific schemas
Create and convert source documents for effective XML processing
Set up XSLT transformations to automatically generate HTML, graphics, and other site components
Build your dynamic web site on the solid foundation of the Cocoon framework
Use Schematron to validate XML and streamline processing
Study complete printed and downloadable page sources, stylesheets, and schemas

XSLT 2.0 Web Development is an indispensable resource for…

Professional web developers
Project managers who want to streamline site development and maintenance
Graphic designers who need more flexible ways to present structured information
Content management specialists using XML documentation/publishing systems

Fully tested and implemented examples are available at authors.phptr.com/kirsanov andwww.kirsanov.com/xsltwd

Overview

About the Author
DMITRY KIRSANOV has been writing about Internet technologies since 1994. His virtual design studio, www.kirsanov.com, has served customers from 17 countries. He wrote the WebReference online column “Dmitry’s Design Lab,” exploring leading-edge creative and technical issues related to web design. He is a contributor to the best-selling HTML Unleashed, Professional Edition (SAMS).

Who should buy this book?
If you're an intermediate or advanced web developer and if you're into XSLT development, this book is a must have. The book is not suited for beginners, as it does not teach you how to use XSLT from scratch or how to build your first web application. However if you're looking to learn how to effectively utilize XSLT and XML on your web site, this is a very good option.

Conclusion
Although the book is only incidentally on XSLT 2.0 it does a great job on covering XSLT web development. The book that is more than just a reference or tutorial manual. The author uses an intelligent approach for the construction of static and dynamic web sites with XML and XSLT.

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