XSLTester
XSLTester is an Open Source project.
Xselerator
Also worth taking a look at, check out Xselerator
- the leading Visual XSL Editor which offers breakpoints in both the XML
and XSLT. It's a modern programming IDE and you can
download a free 30 day trial!
This is what Donald Kackman (who started XSLTester) had to say
about Xselerator: "I've played a bit
with Xselerator and it is a great
tool. They did a wonderful job with it. They went the whole nine yards
and I am impressed. Maybe we should put a note on the XSLTester page.
Something to the effect that XSLTester is a good learning tool but if
you want a full-up IDE check out Xselerator."
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XSLTester began it's life
as an ad hoc tool for quickly viewing the output of style sheet
transformations while authoring XSL, because I got sick of switching back and
forth between Notepad and IE (then choosing "View source" to see the
actual transform output).
It's been refined and tweaked bit by bit to the point where it's definitely
a useful tool when working with XSL. Using it you can author both XML and XSL
documents. You can also view the results of the transformation both as raw
text or rendered by an Internet Explorer window.
XSL Tester provides the basic tools needed to
edit, view, and test XML and XSL documents. XSL Tester is licensed under the
GNU General Public License. See the disclaimer and
licensing page for more details.
Features include:
- Dual view paradigm with an
"Edit" and IE5 rendered "Preview" for each document.
- An XML formatter to normalize the indentation
of XML source.
- Side by side viewing of source and output
documents.
- Customizable XSL template insertion.
- XML validation and error reporting.
- Customizable transform options.
- Set validation and external resource
resolution options before parsing
- View output as XML or XHTML
- Set the context at which the
transformation occurs
You can download either the latest
version of the code (which requires VB 6 SP3 and IE5) or an installation
program (which will install everything you need to run - it is about a 3
meg download). Please take note of the dependencies page
which describes some of the binary files that XSL Tester requires be installed
on a target machine.
You can browse a list
of enhancement ideas or see a screen
capture of the main application window.
XSL Tester is an Open Source project so the more people who work on
it, the
better it gets. So please send me your
ideas, comments and updates.
Good luck,
Don Kackman
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