And I'll beat Tommie to the punch with a plug for the upcoming "XML In,
Web Out" symposium:
http://balisage.net/XML-In-Web-Out/index.html
Regards,
--Paul
On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 20:55 +0000, G. Ken Holman
g(_dot_)ken(_dot_)holman(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
wrote:
I think it is just a matter of awareness. XSLT has been well suited
to this since it was released in 1999. Too many myopic Java
programmers (and their managers) not considering there might be
another language out there designed for processing XML and producing
markup results.
I'm not familiar with Pelican but I can testify to often using XML
and XSLT to create static HTML pages that are being delivered. My
web sites are done this way with site maps in XML expressing
dependencies and XSLT synthesizing ANT scripts that do piecemeal
updates of the server of only pages that have changed since the last update:
http://CraneSoftwrights.com
I'm doing some volunteer work in Africa using this model of XML/XSLT
to HTML/CSS:
http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/tembonetwork.htm
Regarding your comment about browsers lacking newer features, you can
also consider running XSLT in the browser using Saxon/CE ... I have
an example running here:
http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/Crane-UBL-Skeleton/
I've been trying to preach XSLT since the beginning ... some people
refuse to listen.
. . . . . Ken
At 2016-04-29 20:37 +0000, you wrote:
Hello,
Anybody else noticing a proliferation of static site generators
made in dynamic programming languages that generate a fully static
site of pure HTML and CSS? One such example is Pelican.
I'm curious why XSLT just doesn't rule this space? XSLT
transformations are very powerful for generating HTML. It provides
features to have template hierarchies, where you have multiple XSLT
files based on other ones until you have your base template with
the general look and feel of the site.
Furthermore, browsers can also perform XSLT transformations, but
lack some newer XSLT features.
Do you think XSLT should be used in place of say tools like
Pelican? I recently created a nice looking static site using just
XSLT and XML, and is fully compatible with all current browsers. I
personally don't see a need for tools like Pelican.
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