William,
This is a shameless plug for my own book! I apoligize but it
seems like it might be what you are looking for. It will be out
in Nov/Dec:
XSLT Cookbook.
O'Reilly is the Publisher.
But I should also add that Jeni's book is good also.
-Sal
---- On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Lopez, William
(william(_dot_)lopez(_at_)eds(_dot_)com)
wrote:
Try Jeni's book, Beginning XSLT (it's more than a beginner's
book) $26.50
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/hrmeyrr7rm/ss/1?qs=Beginning+XSLT
or
G. Ken Holman's Definitive XSLT and XPATH $25.95
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/hrmeyrzah8/ss/1?
qs=Definitive+XSLT+and+XPATH
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Cooper [mailto:martin(_dot_)cooper(_at_)tumbleweed(_dot_)com]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:42 PM
To: 'xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com'
Subject: [xsl] Looking for a book recommendation
Yes, I've read the archives. ;-}
Everyone seems to recommend Michael Kay's book for XSLT, but
this book just
doesn't do it for me. It seems to leave a big gaping hole in
the "middle".
What I mean is that the early chapters give a decent intro to
how to get
going with XSLT, and the rest of the book is primarily a
reference, which
I'm sure is great when you know what you're looking for.
For me, though, I seem to fall into the hole. I've "got
going" with the
basics of XSLT, but I don't know enough to know what to look
for in the
reference. When I need to know how to do something - for
example "How do I
test for the content of a node matching a specific string
literal?" - this
book doesn't help me at all. Also, I learned more about XPath
from "JSTL in
Action" than I did from this book.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a book that would
fill the gap for
me? Something that doesn't necessarily start from scratch,
but doesn't
assume I know what to look for when I'm trying to solve a
specific problem?
Thanks!
--
Martin Cooper
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