Re: [xsl] OT: my curious students wonder about demand for XSL, XSLT, XML sk ills at an entry level

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz at codeconsult dot ch>]

On Wednesday 17 October 2001 19:21, Bach, Jeff wrote:
> I'm teaching an HTML/web programming class at a local tech college.  The
> question of demand came up in a class.  

I think everyone calling himself a "web applications programmer" today needs 
at least basic XML skills - having a good understanding of the strengths of 
XML for data and document exchange is a must in my book.

I've had good results recently using Cocoon 2 (xml.apache.org) in a classroom 
setting (tech college) to teach XML publishing skills using XSLT. 
Seeing that it is relatively easy to dynamically publish simple XML documents 
in various formats was a good motivation for the students to learn more, and 
helped them to understand the reasons for storing content in XML.

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