Are there any XML/XSL editors that can show transformations in real time?

Question

I'm converting all of our Crystal Reports to use a home-built reporting system. Essentially, I serialize report objects to XML, transform that with XSL to HTML/CSS. Everything works beautifully, except for the design process.

Once I get the XML built correctly, I have to open up the XSL and CSS in SciTE, edit, reload in IE, lather, rinse, repeat. I'd love it if there was an XML/XSL editor that could show the transformation in real time and speed up my process. Can anyone make any recommendations?

Answer 1

The <oXygen/> XSL / XSLT Editor can do XHTML previews. See the "Preview Transformation Results" section of http://www.oxygenxml.com/xslt_editor.html.

Answer 2

Visual Studio supports XSLT processing as does XML Notepad.

XML Notepad is free.

Answer 3

I've used the XSLT debugger in Visual Studio. Very useful.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms255605.aspx

Answer 4

You can use Altova XmlSpy for creating/editing xml/ xslts, getting xslt outputs, making calls to web service, evaluating xqueries in the database and many more things. It is a very powerful all-purpose xml tool. Requires a license though.

Answer 5

Syntext Serna presents a real-time WYSIWYG view of XML based on XSLFO.