[RESOLVED] XSLT, opinions.

[sapator]

Has anyone used this approach?Any opinions? Do i just change the markup on an asp.net page to use XSL and i am ready to go?
Thanks.

[brin351]

Are you talking about using xslt to layout/style xml or something different?

[techgnome]

I've used XSLT previously to render XML docs as HTML... it was gruesome, tedious and hard to debug... and if you want to move something around, add a node somewhere, it becomes a pain in the arse to do. As a result, and with PHP & ASP being more powerful... I don't use XSLT for transformations to HTML any more... only time I've used it since is to do some data re-formatting for EDI purposes...

-tg

[sapator]

Thanks. I am talking about, exactly what brin said. I am more interested in layout style xml than rendering.

[brin351]

Well I've not done much and anything but the simplest use I found overly complicated (my limitation). For example formatting xml to be used as a bindable datasource wasn't hard, much beyond that and my brain started hurting. I also found making/testing changes time consuming maybe there are better editors than VS for XSLT. There is also something about performance/IO issues in the back of my mind I may be wrong but I think IIS is not that efficient in transforming xml files with xslt compared with .net rendering html but don't quote me on that.

[sapator]

Thanks. Well personally from what i read from you , i wouldn't used it but it may be a request on my job, so i have to do a little inside investigation.
Will see...