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Wednesday, 4 November 2015


xSLT


xSLT (Extensible Style Language of Transformations) serves as both a style and a programming language. Author Anthony Knox begins this Virtual Training Company tutorial with an introduction to xSLT, the necessary tools, terminology, and the basics of creating a xSLT document. He covers both Top Level and Low Level elements, and explains additional functions. To get started, simply click one of the topics below.

Introduction to XSLT

What is XSLT?
What You Should Already Know?
Where can XSLT be used?
Downloading Necessary Tools
A Basic XSLT Document
Relationship Terminology
XPATH
What is a Node?
What is a Namespace?
Validity and Well Formedness
xsl:stylesheet
Navigating the Resource Liary

Creating Our First XSLT Document

xsl:stylesheet
xsl:template
xsl:for-each
xsl:value-of
Attribute Templates
Adding some CSS Styling
Basic Node Navigation
Simplifying Our Stylesheet

XSLT Top Level Elements

What is a Top Level Element?
white-space stripping
xsl:template
xsl:key
xsl:decimal-format
xsl:namespace-alias
xsl:attribute-set
xsl:variable
xsl:param
xsl:import
xsl:include
xsl:output

XSLT Low Level Elements

xsl:apply-templates Part 1
xsl:apply-templates Part 2
xsl:apply-templates Part 3
xsl:apply-imports
xsl:call-template
xsl:element
xsl:attribute
xsl:processing-instruction
xsl:comments
xsl:text
xsl:for-each
xsl:value-of
xsl:copy
xsl:copy-of
xsl:number Part 1
xsl:number Part 2
xsl:if
xsl:choose, xsl:when, xsl:otherwise
xsl:sort
xsl:with-param
xsl:message
xsl:fallback

Additional XSLT Functions

Review of Functions
document
current
unparsed-entity-uri
generate-id
system-property

XPATH

The Basics
Axes
Node Tests
Location Steps
Abeviated Syntax
Predicates
Booleans
Comparisons
Grouping
Numbers
Multiple Selections
Operators and Special Characters
XPATH Functions

Using XSLT Practically

Implementation of XSLT
The Future of XSLT

Credits

About the Author

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