17th of September in room 78.622 (General Purpose South) at 2pm

Afternoon tea will be served at 1:45.

Title:

Introduction to XSL & Reasons Why You Should Consider Using It

Speaker:

Simon Raboczi

Abstract:

The Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) is built into all modern browsers, so it's already installed on your desktop and that of your clients. Is it worth your while to learn how to use it? In this talk, I'll introduce XSL Transformations and show code examples for several different ways it can be used: for boilerplate presentation templates, for basic macro substitution, or for full-blown functional programming.

Afterwards you should have an idea about where XSLT can be useful, and another good reason to choose XML for your documents.

Format

Each session starts with a short talk (~25 min.) by a developer, which describes current or past work, and gives a personal critique of the usefulness of the software engineering process employed.

An open discussion will follow the talk, during which the attendees will be able to ask questions, make suggestions, or debate the merits of various tools and techniques.

Proceeding each talk, coffee and tea (as well as biscuits) will be available to improve attention, and encourage attendance.

Goals

The central goal of the discussion group is to facilitate sharing of software engineering expertise between developers and provide exposure to new methodologies and techniques. Our aim is to increase the level of software engineering expertise among complex systems modelers.

Talk topics may vary widely: the use of a design notation; the effectiveness of a particular tool; a description of current or past programming work; or a personal critique of the usefulness of a software engineering technique used.

We Need You

We are calling for people interested in presenting to the group to come along to the meeting on Monday or send us a short abstract and likely availability.

We also need interested participants to come along and share in the discussion.

If you have any questions or comments please contact:

Daniel Bradley <daniel@itee.uq.edu.au>

or

Leighton Brough <brough@itee.uq.edu.au>