XSLT 2.0 Training: Mastering XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0

Course Number: XML-122
Duration: 3 days
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XSLT 2.0 Training Overview

Accelebrate's XSLT 2.0 training class teaches developers how to use XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 to transform XML documents into other XML document formats, XHTML, and plain text.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=categorygroup&page=xml.

XSLT 2.0 Training Prerequisites

Prior knowledge of core XML tagging syntax, as taught on the first day of Accelebrate's Core XML training class or acquired through experience, is required. Prior knowledge of XML Schema is helpful, but we can adapt the class to any level of prior XML Schema familiarity.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This XSLT 2.0 training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes. Students "learn by doing," with immediate opportunities to apply the material they learn to real-world problems.

XSLT 2.0 Training Materials

All XSLT 2.0 training students receive a copy of Wrox Press' XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference and related courseware.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

The XML/XSLT editing and transformation environment that your developers will be using after class. If none has been selected, we default to using XMLSpy, for which we can provide copies for the duration of the training.

XSLT 2.0 Training Objectives

All attendees learn how to:

Use XPath 2.0 to access XML elements and attributes
Loop through XML elements
Use conditionals in XSLT 2.0
Create and call templates
Work with multiple XSLTs
Reference external XML documents via document()
Master grouping results with xsl:group (similar to grouping in SQL queries)
Build user-defined functions with xsl:function
Specify data relationships with keys
Work with namespaces
Apply advanced XSLT

XSLT 2.0 Training Outline

XSLT Basics

eXtensible Stylesheet Language
An XSLT Stylesheet

xsl:template
xsl:value-of
Whitespace and xsl:text

Output Types

Text
XML
HTML and XHTML

XSLT Elements and Attributes

xsl:element
xsl:attribute
Attributes and Curly Brackets

XPath Path Expressions

XPath in XSLT
XPath Expression
XPath Terminology

Context Node
Current Node
Context Size
Proximity Position

Location Paths
Axis
Node Test
Predicate
Accessing Nodes
Abbreviated Syntax

XPath Language Basics

XPath Functions
XPath Operators
XPath Data Types
XPath Expressions

for Expressions
if-then-else Expressions

Flow Control in XSLT

Looping in XSLT
Sorting with XSLT
Looping and Sorting
Conditions with XSLT

XSLT Templates, Parameters and Variables

xsl:apply-templates
xsl:call-template
Passing Parameters
Removing Content
Template Modes
Template Priority

Default Priorities
Assigning Priorities

XSLT Variables

Multiple XML and XSLT Documents

Including XSLTs
Importing XSLTs
Conflict resolution
The document() Function
The collection() Function
Multiple Result Documents

Grouping

Grouping by Value
Grouping Adjacent Elements
Grouping by Starting and Ending Elements

Regular Expressions

Regular Expression Syntax in XSLT
The xsl:analyze-string Element
Built-in Functions that Use Regular Expressions

User-Defined Functions

The xsl:function Element
Function Names and Parameters
Calling User-Defined Functions

Advanced XSLT Techniques

Working with Namespaces

What Are Namespaces?
Declaring Namespaces in XSLT
Namespace Declarations and XPath Expressions

Working with Keys

Key Basics

<xsl:key/>
The key() Function
Improving Performance with Keys

Cross References
The Key Way

The generate-id() Function

Working with Numbered Lists

The position() function
xsl:number

Outputting Processing Instructions
Copying Nodes

xsl:copy
xsl:copy-of

Tying It All Together

Workshop: Sharing data and transforming it for the Web

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