Saxon CE – Interactive browser based applications without single line of Javascript

• What is the talk about?

  Jirka: About XSLT 2.0 and it's open-source browser based implementation Saxon-CE which allows to develop interactive webpages on basis of industry proven XML/XSLT combination.
  
  http://saxonica.com/ce/index.xml

• Who is it for?

  Jirka: Web developers, especially those who need to process complex data with complex presentation logic.
  
  For those who need to process complex XML data.
  
  For those who are looking for Turing-complete template language for HTML.

• What will the audience get from it?

  Jirka: There is no need to use such low level language like Javascript for writing cool interactive web sites.

• What do you presently work at?

  Jirka: I'm working on specification that will make automated translation and localization of Web pages easier (http://www.w3.org/TR/its20/), I'm developing function library for processing binary data in XPath/XQuery/XSLT (http://expath.org/spec/binary). I'm involved in dozen of standards group ranging from HTML, XML, XSLT to DocBook.

• Which of your existing achievements do you value the most?

  Jirka: Family. Web technologies are there just for fun and for making some money.

• What would you like to achieve?

  Jirka: World full of peace and with no poverty (just kidding, field is required, I'm not Miss WebExpo :-)

• What do you look forward to at the WebExpo?

  Jirka: Meeting old and new friends.

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