Its actually a good book

I was able to use this book on a new project I was assigned to at work. I had previously read a bit about XPath, but other than that, I had no experience with XSLT. Within 2 days of reading, that being the first 4 chapters or so, I was able to fix the issues I had been assigned.

This is a book for programmers, and for people who know a bit about XML. It is not a school textbook. It does reference some topics before it details them, but if you are a programmer, you are used to reading the context of something unknown to figure out what it does. This book is no different. The examples it includes are non-trivial, and they give you a good idea of the power and correct usage of XSLT.

I highly recommend this book. It helped me do what I needed to get done, quickly and correctly.

Other Reviews

• My favorite XSLT reference
• Well organised chapters but be prepared to persevere if you're a beginner
• Its actually a good book
• A book I really use regularly
• A Disappointment From O'Reilly.