[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: status of FOP, Oct 2006
Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 2006-10-11 19:17 -0400: > In teaching, we commonly demonstrate a range of XML/XSL applications > including commercial applications, but we also run exercises using > freely available (open source) software on the Windows platform, both > so students can get their hands dirty at the command line (always a > good idea) and so they can see that yes, they can do this at home, > and without spending big $$$. I would guess that Renderx might be willing to provide you with free classroom licenses for XEP, and your students could get free academic licenses or "personal edition" licenses for their home use. (Does it really matter for your teaching purposes or for your students that it be open source?) I suppose xmlroff probably doesn't meet the available-for-Windows requirement, but it seems like it'd be wortwhile to at least demo it for you students and give some background information about it so that they know it exists. (If you have any students who are developers, maybe some would take enough interest in xmlroff to consider contributing to development on it.) > Which should we install for our students to run from the command > line, and why? Or should it be something entirely different, instead > or in addition? (As I said, we also show them other tools including > commercial tools, so they know that FOP != XSL.) If they're doing hands-on XSL-FO work exclusively with FOP, it seems like in spite of what else you may be demo'ing for them, they're going to walk away with out ever trying and seeing for themselves that they can generate production-quality output from an XSL-FO toolchain. At the very least it might be worthwhile to suggest that they download XEP on their own at home and try it. --Mike
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|