Re: recommendations on books

I hope to be one someday as well ;)  

The more I learn the more I realize how little I know...  I think
thats a good thing...   At least I hope it is! :D

Cheers,

<M:D/>


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:50:18 +0000, RQamar <qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks David for the strong recommendation. I hope someday I'll be an
> XSLT and XPath wiz-kid as well :).
> 
> Rahil
> 
> M. David Peterson wrote:
> 
> >Not that my recommendation has anything even close to the same impact
> >as DaveP but coming from the standpoint of someone who has been
> >consumed by all things XSLT 2.0 such that I can learn how to better
> >integrate Saxon.Net into the .Net platform as well as become an
> >overall better programmer I can assure you (and anybody else) that
> >just as was expected these two books have not/do not leave my side ...
> > While I am most definitely looking forward to adding Jeni Tennisons
> >2.0 title to my collection when it is published these two titles have
> >been and will continue to be my goto reference manuals looking to
> >Jeni's title to help supplement in the areas in which I may be
> >struggling with...
> >
> >With that said I can definitely say that having the two titles
> >separate has become a huge benefit as XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 are two
> >totally and completely different languages.  By referencing them as
> >separate languages that just so happen to work really well together
> >(well, XSLT 2.0 wouldn't work without XPath 2.0 where as the reverse
> >is not true) it has helped keep them separate in my mind and as I am
> >beginning to learn more about XQuery this has proven to be a HUGE
> >help!
> >
> >Hope this helps :)
> >
> ><M:D/>
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:10:21 +0000, RQamar <qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Michael and David
> >>
> >>That sounds good. I'll go ahead and buy them both   :)
> >>
> >>Thanks a lot
> >>Regards
> >>Rahil
> >>
> >>
> >>Michael Kay wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>My XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 books are designed to be used together: if you get
> >>>the XSLT 2.0 book, you really need the XPath one as well.
> >>>
> >>>Michael Kay
> >>>http://www.saxonica.com/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: RQamar [mailto:qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>>>Sent: 25 January 2005 11:22
> >>>>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>Subject:  recommendations on books
> >>>>
> >>>>Hi
> >>>>
> >>>>Its probably the best place to find out which book I should buy for
> >>>>learning more about XSLT and XPath. I've seen Michael Kay's book on
> >>>>XSLT2.0 and it seems really good but was wondering whether it
> >>>>would give
> >>>>me enough information on XPath as well.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any recommendations?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks
> >>>>Rahil
> 
> 


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XML & XML Transformations, C#, .NET, and Functional Languages Specialist