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From: Nic James Ferrier
[mailto:nferrier(_at_)tapsellferrier(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:38 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] <quote>XSL is NOT easy</quote>
Andreas Peter <info(_at_)minimag(_dot_)de> writes:
Quoting Nic James Ferrier <nferrier(_at_)tapsellferrier(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk>:
Yes. Not just programming languages but CSS, HTML and Word
documents
too.
Unfortunately I am one of those "self-taught amateur programmers".
But
the point is that those poeple have to start somewhere, too.
And I agree XSL programming looked very easy at the first sight but
if
you want to get deeper into this programming language it is of
course
very difficult, particularly if you do not have any programming
experience. But Thank God this list exists :-)
Hey! I'm a self taught amateur too! (Actually, I'm not sure who
isn't).
I'm a self-taught professional, at least with respect to XSLT. ;-)
I learned the language on-the-job in 2001 and then spent the next three
years programming almost exclusively in it, building the front end of a
major travel site entirely in XSLT (with a lot of client-side scripting
and some Java thrown in for good measure).
I spent a couple of years away from XSLT but I now work at a shop where
my XSLT skills are put to good use, which is cool, but now I wish we'd
migrate to XSLT 2.0 so I can do more on-the-job learning!
I think XSLT is quite good for non-programmers, it's programmers with
some experience of other things that find it really difficult I've
found.
I'd say this was true of my initial experience with XSLT, just because
of the paradigm shift it required. But I can't imagine a programming
newbie wanting to start with XSLT unless they have a need or desire to
work with XML from the outset. Now that I've spent some time with Ruby,
for example, I think it is an excellent choice for a first language.
cheers,
b.
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