Subject: RE: Novice From: "Paulo Gaspar" <paulo.gaspar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 02:38:32 +0200 |
Yes! Ultra maximum priority to Mike Kay's book "XSLT Programmer's Reference". Reading it first will save you a lot of grief. (I know because I had the grief just before the book was edited... and then I started reading it - it would have saved me weeks if it had been published before.) Have fun, Paulo Gaspar > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glenn Becker > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 04:21 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Novice > > > > Reading is great if you get the right books (poisonous if you happen to > pick up the wrong ones) but the best way to learn is by doing ... find a > text editor you're comfy with & start creating files. I used the books on > my desk as a data set ... play with creating XML files, DTDs, try XSLT (as > many others on this list, I recommend the Michael Kay book from Wrox: it > is exhaustive and the writing is exemplary) ... keep going. It all remains > abstract and vaguely cool-sounding until you try it out ... and THEN ... ! > > G > > _________________________________________________________________________ > | > // G l e n n B e c k e r | > | > // I myself walked at the funeral of tenderness. > | > // -- John Berryman | > | > // glenn@xxxxxxxxx > | > _________________________________________________________________________| > > At 6:02pm on Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Brett Edwards wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > I'm new to the list here. I've just put my feet into > > the murky waters of XML/XSL and I thought it might be > > a good idea to join this list. Although this will > > help, I know I'm gonna have to do a great deal more. > > Can anyone tell me what would be the most effective > > and efficient way to learn the important intricacies > > of XML. I've thought about taking a class at a local > > community college but I know often times these > > professors know little more than the students. I've > > started reading some books but I get lost quickly. > > Can anyone help me? Thanks, > > > > Brett > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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