Re: XSLT 2.0 book in print

The best investment one can make is in obtaining the right information
at the right time.

In my experience the "XSLT Programmer's Reference" has proven to be
the most correct and well-structured book on XSLT 1.0 and this is
exactly why I'm ordering Mike's books now.

Thank you, Mike.

Dimitre Novatchev.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:48:36 +0100, Michael Kay <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  In the new
> >     edition of my XSLT Programmer's Reference (just out)
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the hint Michael.
> >
> > Details please?
> >
> 
> It's actually now two books:
> 
> XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764569090/
> 
> XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764569104/
> 
> Amazon are currently listing the second one as "not yet released", but I've
> had my copy for ten days so it must be any day now.
> 
> For XSLT users, you really need both.
> 
> Wiley's seem to have done quite a good job. Their back-end processes took a
> lot longer than the old Wrox Press, but I'm optimistic that will mean fewer
> errors, and in the event it meant that we were able to get a lot of late
> changes in, including some WG decisions made in early July. In fact, the
> book is currently more up-to-date with WG decisions than the published W3C
> specs.
> 
> If you're familiar with the previous edition, you'll find that about 75% of
> the old material is still there and accounts for about 50% of what's in the
> new books, i.e. half of the material is new.
> 
> I wish they had given more space to my name on the cover and less to my
> photo, but that's just personal vanity...
> 
> Michael Kay