Meandering explanations, confusing examples

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Book:		Learning XSLT
Subject:		Meandering explanations, confusing examples
Date:		2006-07-09 13:28:22
From:		Anonymous Reader

Rating: This book's poor organization and aimless discussion are shocking for an O'Reilly title. The author is more concerned with where to look in the XML or XSLT spec for more detail than introducing concepts logically and providing meaningful examples. An entire chapter is devoted to charchter sets and code pages when all I want to know is how to turn XML into HTML. I bought this title based on glowing reviews at Amazon, and am sorely disappointed I didn't go to a bookstore and thumb through a copy. XSLT is difficult enough to figure out for a beginner, but I don't see how this book is of much value even to seasoned programmers.