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Re: RE: Looking for a book recommendation
- From: Salvatore Mangano <smangano at ureach dot com>
- To: "Lopez, William" <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:15:33 -0400
- Subject: Re: RE: [xsl] Looking for a book recommendation
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
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.lopez@eds.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.cooper@tumbleweed.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:42 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.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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