WEEK 1 Day 19 Working with XSLT Extensions

In yesterday’s lesson, you learned that although you can perform computations with XSLT, creating computations is difficult because of the lack of mathematical functions that you usually find in programming languages. Fortunately, XSLT is extensible, and many processors offer additional functionality that is not part of the XSLT specification itself but can make your life a whole lot easier. Some processors also enable you to write your own extensions.

Today’s lesson looks at what extensions are and how you can use them. You also will learn about some common extensions in different processors. Last but not least, you will learn how to create your own extensions.

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