[Web4lib] XSL / XSLT training or tutorials?

[Jon Gorman]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Bret Parker
<Bret.Parker at ci.stockton.ca.us> wrote:
> I also endorse the same book. I also used XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 3rd ed by Michael Kay (Wrox, 2004). There is now a 4th ed (Wrox, 2008).
>
> That combined with the XSLT electronic discussion group were a great help.
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> Neither was a crash course.
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>>>> Thomas Krichel <krichel at openlib.org> 4/7/2011 7:46 AM >>>
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>  Caitlin Nelson writes
>
>> Can anyone make a recommendation as to XSL or XSLT training, online
>> tutorials, or other educational opportunities?  We have staff here who would
>> love to do an in-person class or webinar, but the few resources we've found
>> so far seem rather expensive (e.g. $1000+ for a 2-day online webinar).
>> We've tried a few of the online tutorials (e.g. w3schools), but they don't
>> get as in-depth as we need for our materials.
>
>  I learned XSLT 1.0 from an older medium known as a book. "XSLT
>  Programmer's Reference 2nd Edition" is its title, by Michael
>  H. Kay. It is now cheap because it is an old book. It's a very good
>  book if you are familiar with XML to start with. Still it took
>  my a few weeks to get into XSLT, even though, or maybe because,
>  I am good at learning procedural languages.
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
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