XML node type issue

Question

Hello everyone,

I am new to XSLT and learning XML. I heard there are 4 types of XML nodes, element, text node, comments and instruction node. I want to learn more about them, their functions and their differences.

Could anyone recommend me some good tutorials for this topic?

EDIT 1: whether my below understanding of text node is correct?

in the below sample, text node is abcd?

<foo>abcd</foo>

thanks in advance, George

Answer 1

For a reference is really good this page W3Schools but if you are looking for some tutorials it probably won't be right one.

Answer 2

The best reference I've found for XSLT is 'XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0, 4th Edition' by Michael Kay. He's the spec lead for xslt 2.0 and xpath 2.0 and the implementor of the Saxon XSLT engine. It really is a great book - my copy has floated around the whole team and always has the answer if you look hard enough.

Another tip is to include the authors name in your xslt related search. He's quite active on the XSLT mailing list and including his name in the search term helps you jump straight to the answer you're looking for.