XSLT for Dummies

In This Chapter

Are you a prophead? (Prophead is short for propeller head or geek. ) If you arent sure, Im going to give you a simple test that can tell you exactly whether you qualify. Here goes:

if-else for while switch-case

When you read those lines, what was your reaction? Did you have a quizzical look on your face? Did you groan? A nod of the head? Or perhaps you screamed out in excitement and felt your pulse racing?

Well, if you cried out in exultation and felt your heart skipping a beat, my guess is that youve got programming in your blood and are as excited as a prophead about getting into a discussion on adding programming logic to your XSLT stylesheets.

Kidding aside, no matter your reaction, I think youll find this chapter to be extremely useful to expand the scope of what you can do with XSLT.