RE: [xsl] xslt critique

["Didier PH Martin" <martind at netfolder dot com>]

Hi Greg

Greg said:
Does anyone have good debugging techniques or tips for XSLT?

Didier replies:
I remember that Microsoft got an XSLT debugger implemented with scripts
and running in a browser. The debugger is crude but support step by step
execution of the XSLT template constructs. 

I understand your situation. It seems that most of the XSLT templates I
saw where badly written. In fact all the rules used in other languages
can potentially be applied to XSLT. The main rule being to create
re-usable modules (or re-usable templates). An XSLT library will evolve
and be debugged over time. 

I didn't saw or read a lot of stuff about good XSLT programming
practices. This is missing in the XML landscape. It seems that the XML
community is too concerned with URIs and philosophical matters than
discussing about best practices.

Cheers
Didier PH Martin


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