On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:40:16 +0100
Fabre Lambeau <fabre(_dot_)lambeau(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,
This message is for the UK readers among you.
My company has (finally) decided to send a couple of people onto an
XSLT course so that I'm not the only one with any working knowledge of
the technology (which we are using more and more often). They've given
me the job to find a relevant course. Unfortunately, I've learned all
I know about it (allegedly not that much) by myself over the years,
and a good amount of reading (thanks, Michael Kay, Jeni Tennison,
Miloslav Nic and countless others!), so I don't really know...
Can anyone recommend a good XPath/XSLT course somewhere in the UK that
would make a non-programmer confident enough to be able to read /
alter existing XSLT stylesheets, and build their own (simple) ones?
I'm a little worried about the adjective "non-programmer" in here. A full-blown
XPath/XSLT training that doesn't take longer than a week is bound to have
contradictory entry conditions. (And I don't think any curriculum would
seriously consider XSLT as a "first language".)
I'm not saying that these non-programmers won't be able to learn what
is necessary
to alter and write *simple* stylesheets. But there's a not to be neglected risk
that being exposed to a week of "*all* of XSLT/XQuery/XPath" (quote from a
very good course's description) will frustrate and confuse them, rather than
teach them the basics.
If I were in your position, I'd take time out for a one-day workshop,
showing them
the basics and letting them try for themselves, which should give you
an idea whether
they can weather a heavier dose.
-W
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