Yeah, the repetitive boilerplate of it all... This is probably something that many well-paid "XSLT developers" probably figured out early on. Develop your XSLT

Yeah, the repetitive boilerplate of it all... This is probably something that many well-paid "XSLT developers" probably figured out early on. Develop your XSLT using ANYTHING except XSLT. ...and then they go on to create the "actual" programs to vomit the crapwads of excessive mark-up, and mystify those who made their own unfortunate beds and chose to consume this... this... XSLT.