Congratulations Kip - well done on a major achievement. Cheers,
Piers Harding. On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:38:29AM -0700, Kip Hampton wrote: > Howdy Axers, > > Yes, the rumors are (finally) true... > > _XML Publishing with AxKit_ has been published and is now available at > bookseller near you! For more information, please see the Table of > Contents below and visit: > > http://www.axkitbook.com/ > > I did my best to make sure that book has something for everyone, > regardless of their familiarity with AxKit. New users will find detailed > but concise coverage of the common topics of XML-based publishing, as > well as need-to-know level introductions to XSLT, XPathScript, and XSP. > AxKit veterans will find advanced publishing techniques, exhaustive API > references for each of AxKit components, and clear strategies for (and > examples of) how to extend AxKit to meet new or specialized requirements. > > It is my sincerest hope that the book will not only help to inform the > current members of the AxKit community, but will serve as a tool for > AxKit advocacy and means for developing a larger and stronger community > in the future. > > If you pick up a copy (I know some folks here already have) be sure to > share your thoughts by posting reviews on your favorite tech site or > blog of choice-- the more people that know about AxKit, the more likely > they are to leave their creaky 20th century tools behind. > > Thanks for enduring my little pitch; we now return you to your regularly > scheduled AxKitting, already in progress... > > Cheers, > -kip > > ps. I'll be giving a session talk on AxKit at O'Reilly's Open Source > Convention next week in Portland. If you are attending OSCon (you are, > aren't you???), feel free to drop by and say 'Hi' (and maybe even get > your book signed :-). > > > Table of Contents: > > Preface > > 1. XML as a Publishing Technology > Exploding a Few Myths About XML Publishing > XML Basics > Publishing XML Content > Introducing AxKit, an XML Application Server for Apache > > 2. Installing AxKit > Installation Requirements > Installing the AxKit Core > Installing AxKit on Win 32 Systems > Basic Server Configuration > Testing the Installation > Installation Troubleshooting > > 3. Your First XML Web Site > Preparation > Creating the Source XML Documents > Writing the Stylesheet > Associating the Documents with the Stylesheet > A Step Further: Syndicating Content > > 4. Points of Style > Adding Transformation Language Modules > Defining Style Processors > Dynamically Choosing Style Transformations > Style Processor Configuration Cheatsheet > > 5. Transforming XML Content with XSLT > XSLT Basics > A Brief XSLT Cookbook > > 6. Transforming XML Content with XPathScript > XPathScript Basics > The Template Hash: A Closer Look > XPathScript Cookbook > > 7. Serving Dynamic XML Content > Introduction to eXtensible Server Pages > Other Dynamic XML Techniques > > 8. Extending AxKit > AxKit's Architecture > Custom Plug-ins > Custom Providers > Custom Language Modules > Custom ConfigReaders > Getting More Information > > 9. Integrating AxKit with Other Tools > The Template Toolkit > Providing Content via Apache::Filter > > Appendix: AxKit Configuration Directive Reference > > Index > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.piersharding.com http://search.cpan.org/~piers/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
