I totally agree. In a previous job, we had a system that used XSLT to generate the public website. I never really cared for it. The language seemed very verbose

I totally agree. In a previous job, we had a system that used XSLT to generate the public website. I never really cared for it. The language seemed very verbose and you can do the same thing in other languages more simply. I think xsl:fo still has some uses when generating dynamic pdfs. Other than that, I would stay away from it if you could.