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Stylus Scoop - November '05 — Stylus Studio 2006 Product Line Now AvailableDear Stylus Studio Friend, Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition is now available for a free trial download. With new and updated support for XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, XML Schema Aware XSLT and XQuery processing, XML code-folding, tons of X12 utilities, and more, we're confident we'll earn your business. Also new this year are Stylus Studio 2006 XML Converters -- use these high-performance Java components to extend Saxon or Xalan to support streaming data access (read/write) to relational databases, flat files, EDIFACT or X12, or any other file format directly from within your XSLT and XQuery applications. And the best part? Using the built-in Java Code Generator, you can deploy your application with the click of a button. Also in this month's issue: a brand-new XQuery tutorial on the FLWOR (For, Let, Where, Order by, and Return) expression, written by W3C luminary, Dr. Michael Kay, one of the key figures behind the recent XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 candidate recommendations that were released last week. For your viewing pleasure, we're pleased to introduce brand-new online video demonstrations covering how to visually create XSLT stylesheets using the Stylus Studio XSLT designer. And free XQuery gear, too! All this and more from the number-one XML development newsletter, the best source for XML news and education, the Stylus Scoop! Sincerely, Ivan Pedruzzi, Senior Product Architect, and the Stylus Studio Team Table of Contents - September 2005
Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition ReleasedStylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition is now available for Free Trial Download. Here are some of the highlights of this exciting new release:
Download a free trial today! DataDirect XML Converters now AvailableStylus Studio 2006 XML Converters are high-performance Java components that provide bi-directional, programmatic access to virtually any data source (relational, EDI, flat files, and more) as XML. They make it possible to seamlessly stream non-XML data as XML to XML processing components, including Apache's Xalan XSLT Processor, and the Saxon XSLT and XQuery Processors, enabling developers to write XQuery or XSLT stylesheets that read and write to non-XML data sources as if they were XML files on the local file system. Using Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition XML IDE, developers can generate the Java application code required to run these data integration applications and deploy them to any Java environment with the click of a button. DataDirect XML Converters are a powerful and innovative approach to solving data integration challenges involving different data sources including flat files, relational databases, EDI (EDIFACT and X12), XML databases, Web services, and many other file systems and data repositories. DataDirect XML Converters are available today for $1000 (USD) per CPU, and provide access to:
To get started using XML Converters, simply download a free trial of Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition; to purchase, email us. FLWORs in Autumn: An Introduction to the XQuery FLWOR ExpressionA new XQuery tutorial covering the XQuery FLWOR (For, Let, Where, Order By and Return) Expression has been published. XQuery FLWOR Expressions are powerful language constructs for manipulating XML data in XQuery –and they're very easy to learn, especially if you're more used to thinking of your data as a table. "An Introduction to the XQuery FLWOR Expression" covers the following topics:
The new FLWOR tutorial is the sequel to Learn XQuery in 10 Minutes, written by XML industry guru, Dr. Michael Kay, founder of Saxonica, the producer of the Saxon XQuery and XSLT processor. Dr. Kay is a member of the W3C committee on XQuery, XPath, and XSLT, and the author of numerous best-selling XML books. Software developers and managers looking give development teams an extra edge can read the new FLWOR tutorial today. Introduction to WYSIWYG XSLT Design in Stylus StudioThe Stylus Studio Box Office proudly presents a series of new XSLT video demonstrations covering how to design XSLT stylesheets using Stylus Studio's WYSIWYG XSLT designer. The following XSLT video demonstrations are now playing at an XML theater near you:
Learn in just minutes how Stylus Studio's XSLT designer can radically simplify XSLT development for you. Free XQuery Bumper StickersTo celebrate the recent release of the W3C XQuery 1.0 Candidate Recommendation, Stylus Studio is giving away water-resistant, vinyl XQuery bumper stickers FREE to anyone who has installed the Free Trial of Stylus Studio, evaluators and paid customers alike. No dollars, no cents, this bumper sticker is one hundred percent free. (Limit one per person, while supplies last, expires December 7, 2005, see website for complete details.) Get your free XQuery bumper sticker today. Bumper stickers are the editorial pages of today's fast-paced society – what better way to say, I love XQuery than by slapping the hottest new bumper sticker in the XML industry on the back of your automobile, motorcycle, or moped? They're a must-have for any XML developer on the go. Get your free XQuery bumper sticker today! Prev: "Learn XQuery in 10 Minutes with Dr. Michael Kay" Next: "Schema-Aware XSLT and XQuery" |
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