Would you care to participate in a panel at the upcoming SXSW interactive conference in March in Austin, TX, regarding client side XSLT tricks and ideas?

ping me at lsimon at commoner dot com =)

That would be with great pleasure, but I have done the silly thing to get engaged in
three books projects at the same time (believe me, that’s way too much) and I wouldn’t
be able to look at your examples in the short term!

Maybe in a few months?

Thanks,

Eric

> Thanks for the pointer!

np.

I have a BUNCH more code that I think will interest you, and while its not something that
can be used for anything beyond generating ideas (at least at this stage… still
deciding on how I plan to use it from a book perspective) you’re welcome to take a look
at it if this interests you. Let me know, and I will package up a preview for you to
take a look at. Cheers

Hi David,

I have been pleading for client *and* server side XSLT for more than five years (see for instance this post in French: http://xmlfr.org/listes/xml-tech/2001/11/0300.html) and I do share your enthusiasm …

I think that we are at a stage where we can seriously use XSLT client site and our upcoming Web 2.0 book introduces XSLT is a chapter about technologies that will likely enter into the “Web 2.0 technology stack” short term.

Thanks for the pointer!

Eric

I think maybe we should chat…

In short, I’ve been working on a few things that I have never released due to the fact
that they are still part of what was the Browser-based XML title for O’Reilly, and what
will more than likely be used in a combination of other book-related projects in the
near term future. Take a look at http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/06/opera_90_final_released.html and
access the “A + B =” in IE, Mozilla, or Safari, and then view source for a better
understanding of part of what I am refering to. There’s LOTS of stuff that can be done
that doesn’t attempt to make XSLT as the primary focus, and instead as the glue that
binds the strengths of each browser to perform a desired function using a simple,
declarative XML syntax that we both know XSLT excels at more so than anything else. Pine
me at the email posted to my O’Reilly blog (linked above) if you want a few more
details/code samples.

Still, I think that this is an interesting technique to serve clean documents and do the remaining nasty bits under the hood just before display.