As a newcomer to XSLT, I wish more books (and training courses) would
deemphasize XSLT 1. and focus on the efficient XSLT 2.0+ ways of doing things.

Itbs easy to learn the superseded XSLT 1.0 elements when we run into them in
the wild; they are fairly primitive and simple.

Whatbs more difficult is when half the material tells you one way to do
something, then the other half tells you a better way, and you have to
mentally try to paint over the inefficient ways and replace them with the more
efficient ways.


  *   Chris