• From: Michael Ludwig <mlu@a...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:32:51 +0200

Paul Spencer schrieb:
> Most non-programmers "get" XSLT and love it straight away. [...] Some
> of those used to procedural languages also get it, but others take
> time. There is usually an epiphany at some point [...]

The discovery of the identity template, plus variations. This should be
the very trick taught, as it embodies how XSLT is supposed to be used.

Then, understanding that match path expressions to select nodes may
become pretty complicated (like SQL WHERE clauses), but that match
patterns may stay simple by comparison.

Michael Ludwig

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  • XML support in browsers?
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