XSL-FO Foundation (2 days)

LFO-21: Fixed price XSL-FO training delivered on your site at any UK location.

The first of a two part set, this course introduces basic XSL-FO concepts while simultaneously providing the XML, XPath and XSLT foundations necessary for working with XSL-FO. On completion, a comprehensive set of course notes, examples, tutor and attendee scripts are provided on a free USB pen drive to take away.

Suggested Prerequisites

Some exposure to (X)HTML, CSS and/or traditional print and design concepts would be beneficial though this is not essential. No previous XML experience is necessary.

The XML Core

• XML and the Well Formedness Rules
• Creating and Editing XML
• Unicode Explained
• Understanding and Working with Namespaces

Accessing XML Data with XPath

• The XML Document as a Tree
• The Nodes of the Tree Explained
• The Importance of Context in XPath
• Simple Data Extractions
• Selecting Nodes, Elements and Textual Content
• How to Access Attributes
• The Basics of Filtering with XPath Predicates

XSL Basics

• Outputting to XML using the XSL-FO Vocabulary
• The Simplified Stylesheet Format
• Using the Root Template to Begin Processing
• Using xsl:value-of and xsl:for-each
• The Implications of White Space

XSL-FO Basics

• The XSL-FO Document and Namespace
• The Layout Master and the Page Specification
• Page Masters and the Page Sequence
• About Regions
• The Body, Header and Footer Areas
• Producing and Formatting Content

Training Courses:

• SQL
• Transact SQL
• Oracle SQL
• IBM DB2
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• XML
• XSLT
• XSL-FO
• XML Schema
• VBScript

Training Customers:

Yes We Can !

We can deliver our SQL training and XML training on your site anywhere in the UK:

London Birmingham West London the Midlands Manchester the East Midlands South London Glasgow Leeds North London Scotland Central London Wales the West Midlands Bath Bedford Bournemouth Bradford Brighton East London Bristol Camberley Cambridge Canary Wharf Cheltenham Coventry Derby Docklands Dorking Durham Ealing Eastbourne Eastleigh Exeter Felixstowe Feltham Gloucester Derbyshire Godalming Gravesend Guildford Halifax Harlow Harrogate Harrow Harwich Hatfield Hertford Hounslow Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Kingston Leamington Spa Leicester Letchworth Lichfield Lincoln Liverpool Loughborough Maidenhead Maidstone Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newhaven Newmarket Newport Northampton Norwich Nottingham Oxford Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Richmond the City of London Rugby Runcorn St Albans St Helens Salford Salisbury Sheffield Shrewsbury Slough Southampton Southend Southport Stafford Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke Stourbridge Stratford Stroud Sunderland Sutton Coldfield Swindon Tamworth Telford Tilbury Uxbridge Wakefield Wandsworth Warrington Warwick Watford Wellingborough West Byfleet Weybridge Whitehaven Wigan Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Workington Worthing Yeovil York Cardiff Swansea Wrexham Belfast Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Stirling Livingston Perth Inverness Cumbernauld Kirkcaldy Hamilton Stirling Grangemouth Douglas Guernsey Jersey

Contact us

For SQL training and XML training requirements in London, Midlands, Scotland, Wales and across the UK, contact:

London enquiries:

Lumia Development
2nd Floor
145-157 St John St
London
EC1V 4PY
0207 608 5009

UK-wide enquiries:

Lumia Development
Parkfield House
Park St
Stafford
ST17 4AL
01785 223253