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XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0 Training

Delivery Options

Class Date and Time Price Pricing Information
Oct 5 - 6, 2010 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET $790.00 or 2 vouchers
Oct 19 - 20, 2010 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET $790.00 or 2 vouchers
Nov 16 - 17, 2010 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET $790.00 or 2 vouchers

Class Description

Class Overview

This XSLT training class teaches developers how to transform XML documents into HTML, plain text and other XML formats.

Class Goals

  • Learn to use XPath to access XML elements and attributes
  • Learn to loop through XML elements
  • Learn to use conditionals in XSLT
  • Learn to create and call templates
  • Learn to work with multiple XSLTs
  • Learn to reference external XML documents

Class Outline

  1. XSLT Basics
    1. eXtensible Stylesheet Language
    2. An XSLT Stylesheet
      1. xsl:template
      2. xsl:value-of
      3. Whitespace and xsl:text
    3. Output Types
      1. Text
      2. XML
      3. HTML
    4. XSLT Elements and Attributes
      1. xsl:element
      2. xsl:attribute
      3. Attributes and Curly Brackets
  2. XPath
    1. XPath in XSLT
    2. XPath Expression
    3. XPath Terminology
      1. Context Node
      2. Current Node
      3. Context Size
      4. Proximity Position
    4. Location Paths
    5. Axis
    6. Node Test
    7. Predicate
    8. Accessing Nodes
    9. Abbreviated Syntax
    10. XPath Functions
    11. XPath Operators
  3. Flow Control in XSLT
    1. Looping in XSLT
    2. Sorting with XSLT
    3. Looping and Sorting
    4. Conditions with XSLT
  4. XSLT Templates, Parameters and Variables
    1. xsl:apply-templates
    2. xsl:call-template
    3. Passing Parameters
    4. Removing Content
    5. Template Modes
    6. Template Priority
      1. Default Priorities
      2. Assigning Priorities
    7. XSLT Variables
  5. Multiple XML and XSLT Documents
    1. Including XSLTs
    2. Importing XSLTs
    3. Conflict resolution
    4. The document() Function
  6. Working with Keys
    1. Key Basics
      1. <xsl:key/>
      2. The key() Function
      3. Improving Performance with Keys
        1. Cross References
        2. The Key Way
      4. Grouping
        1. The generate-id() Function
        2. Using generate-id() for Grouping
  7. Advanced XSLT Techniques
    1. Working with Numbered Lists
      1. The position() function
      2. xsl:number
    2. Outputting Processing Instructions
    3. Copying Nodes
      1. xsl:copy
      2. xsl:copy-of
  8. Tying It All Together
    1. Workshop: Sharing data and transforming it for the Web

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

  • Basic XML

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

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