XSLT 1.0
XSLT 1.0 is a declarative programming language used for transforming XML documents into other formats, such as HTML, plain text, or different XML structures. It is part of the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) family and operates by applying templates defined in an XSLT stylesheet to XML data. The language is widely used for data conversion, web publishing, and generating reports from XML sources.
Developers should learn XSLT 1.0 when working with legacy systems, XML-based data processing, or scenarios requiring cross-platform XML transformations, such as in publishing workflows or enterprise data integration. It is particularly useful for converting XML to HTML for web display, generating formatted documents like PDFs, and handling data exchange between different XML schemas in applications like content management systems.