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2001 Apr 12 Re: xsl:key
Handy advice for :key function.»
XSLT FAQ
Dave Pawson's de-facto XSLT FAQ.»
XSLT Standard Library
Dates, times, expressions, all in li'l XSLT. Bad idea? Good?»
2002 Jul 18 Better Living Through Software
How to create a Weblog in XSLT. This is not how I do it (forget Make; I just do it all in XSLT), but interesting nonetheless. I don't agree with his conclusions; Ftrain is simple, if sloppily coded, and generates an interlinked 500,000 word site, 1000-page site with a weblog and RDF output in about 40 seconds every time I run it. Uploading it is a simple act of mirroring XML via rsync, takes about 15 seconds on a 56K modem. »
Better Living Through Software
Feedback from Josh Allen to other feedback on Josh Allen's post on XSLT. I forgot to mention that the first post had a link to Josh Allen's piece on Weblogs, and that's another Josh Allen, that's the one we know, the one in Maine. Basically I don't agree all that much with the stuff going on here; XSLT is a great tool for blogging/calendaring. I'm using it right this minute from my Web browser. I need to release my code, but I'm so lazy, so tired, so busy, so wanting to write stories instead. Ah, ah, alas.»
Web Log Post
Feedback to the post from Josh Allen (different Josh Allen than the Josh Allen we know best here) on XSLT - this person disagrees with his conclusions. XSLT is a harsh mistress. Deceptively simple and pure outside, evil inside. She'll bring you back again and again.»


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