Comments on: You do like XSLT? Use it proper! http://sitecore.alexiasoft.nl/2006/11/14/you-do-like-xslt-use-it-proper/ All about the web, online marketing, Sitecore, .NET and building sites... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://sitecore.alexiasoft.nl/2006/11/14/you-do-like-xslt-use-it-proper/comment-page-1/#comment-3434 JP Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:30:30 +0000 http://sitecore.alexiasoft.nl/2006/11/14/you-do-like-xslt-use-it-proper/#comment-3434 First I love XSLT. 1. Agree, I think Sitecore should do xml output in default template. But I always use UTF-8 insted country specific encoding. Once I had problems with dtSearch (Sitecore 4.1) when I didn't use UTF-8. 2. I always make my own default template with global variables to labels and frontpage or other. 3. I use comments, comments are good. 4. I don't really agree on having to write 10-20 lines code in XSL, just write comments :) Personally I don't like web controls/user controls so I use code behind only for building XSL helpers. All my presentation is in XSLT's. I really like XSL but that is probably because I come from different perspective than you. Before I discover XML I worked as a designer and therefore I found XSL great language of templating. I didn't approach it as a programmer. I do agree if you want to do "programming" in XSL it is a lousy language for that. First I love XSLT.
1. Agree, I think Sitecore should do xml output in default template. But I always use UTF-8 insted country specific encoding. Once I had problems with dtSearch (Sitecore 4.1) when I didn’t use UTF-8.
2. I always make my own default template with global variables to labels and frontpage or other.
3. I use comments, comments are good.
4. I don’t really agree on having to write 10-20 lines code in XSL, just write comments :)

Personally I don’t like web controls/user controls so I use code behind only for building XSL helpers. All my presentation is in XSLT’s. I really like XSL but that is probably because I come from different perspective than you. Before I discover XML I worked as a designer and therefore I found XSL great language of templating. I didn’t approach it as a programmer. I do agree if you want to do “programming” in XSL it is a lousy language for that.

]]> By: Alexey Rusakov http://sitecore.alexiasoft.nl/2006/11/14/you-do-like-xslt-use-it-proper/comment-page-1/#comment-3396 Alexey Rusakov Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:04:27 +0000 http://sitecore.alexiasoft.nl/2006/11/14/you-do-like-xslt-use-it-proper/#comment-3396 I really don't like bloated xslt, but most of all it's the logic bloat. Some really tricky xslt combos are trivial to do in .net, so I'd say use extensions object where applicable. I really don’t like bloated xslt, but most of all it’s the logic bloat.

Some really tricky xslt combos are trivial to do in .net, so I’d say use extensions object where applicable.

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