Re: XSLT Dead?

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Subject: Re: XSLT Dead?
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:08:53 -0400

At 2007-04-16 10:57 -0700, Karl Stubsjoen wrote:

My colleagues and I often have discussions about which technologies to
use to solve different business needs.  Since I am a huge XSLT fan,
they know I have a bias for this technology, and they are always, no
let me express this properly, they are ALWAYS giving me a hard time
for it.
Well, in a recent conversation about technologies, one of them goes
for the kill and throws out this doozy:

   I can just sum it up for you:
   <xsl:apply-templates select="DeadTechnology" />

So, is XSLT dead?

What do you mean by "dead"? That no developer will use it or that no supplier will make XSLT available? Or something else?

I guess to put things into context a bit; does the
rule which MS has over so many developers, the drag and drop GUI
designer and ready made solutions in a box, does this suggest that
XSLT is a dying technology?

I'm going to assume you are looking for genuine opinions here and not just trawling for controversy, but to make that assumption, I think you are going to have to go into a lot more detail.

Are these colleagues of yours protecting a fiefdom of programming expertise, unwilling to let other solutions they don't understand qualify for use in deployment?

Are these colleagues of yours measuring performance metrics without measuring maintenance metrics?

How does a "drag and drop GUI designer" relate to a result-tree construction process based on multiple XML inputs in a declarative construction-rule stylesheet?

Without more defensible comments on which to address your question, your post could be interpreted merely as a jab in a quiescent hornet's nest to see how many angry responses can be solicited. I think your wording of such a post belies your contention of being a "huge XSLT fan" ... you aren't equipping yourself for success.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken


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XSLT Dead? Karl Stubsjoen - 16 Apr 2007 17:58:10 -0000 James Fuller - 16 Apr 2007 18:07:32 -0000 Message not available G. Ken Holman - 16 Apr 2007 18:10:37 -0000 <= Karl Stubsjoen - 16 Apr 2007 22:42:48 -0000 Abel Braaksma - 16 Apr 2007 23:01:36 -0000 Robert Koberg - 16 Apr 2007 23:50:07 -0000 Karl Stubsjoen - 16 Apr 2007 23:55:18 -0000

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