I'd second those two choices: XSLT 2nd Edition Cocoon Developer's Handbook
Pretty much everything else you can get off the web; its more up-to-date even though somewhat fragmented. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/04/01 03:25:44 PM >>> On 1 Apr 2004, at 14:15, jacques couzteau wrote: > hello, > > with respect to the wealth of documentaion material i am seeking some > advice on what books or online articles/docs/HowTo are essential to > read in order to implement something like an online-mag that reads > from a posgreSQL-db and static text and runs in tomcat. > > My goal is to get a quickstart at developing my own wepapps using XSLT > and a posgreSQL and get the important stuff right from the beginning. > > I like hands-on-examples and working apps that i can derive my own > apps from and i want solutions quickly. I'm a programmer with > scientific background and i know Perl, C/C++, Java. I'm quite fond of > the Perl Cookbook. Is the XSLT-Cookbook good for me? > > So far i had a glance of the online cocoon-documentation, the the > oreilly-XML-Bookshelf, some articles at XML.com and the apache > definitive guide. I'm willing to buy a book, but from a book that i > buy i expect to use it a lot. > > What about the following books: I've got XSLT 2nd Edition (Michael Kay - Wrox: ISBN 1-861005-06-7) which is a fantastic reference. Also I've got Cocoon: Building XML Applications and Cocoon Developer's Hanbook in my collection, there both good, I must say the Cocoon Developer's Hanbook is by far a better, more detailed work. > +XSLT Cookbook by Sal Mangano > +Cocoon 2 Programming (Bill Brogden, Conrad D'Cruz, Mark Gaither) > +Cocoon Developer's Hanbook (by Lajos Moczar (Author), Jeremy Aston) > +Cocoon: Building XML Applications by Carsten Ziegeler (Author), > Matthew Langham (Author) > +Cocoon 2 Programming: Web Publishing with XML and Java > > The wealth of material is killing. I don't know where to start? > > Thank you for suggestions. > > jacques Jason Lane Developer Root10 developments -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
