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XSLT – Native, zero-config build system for the Web

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392 points _kush | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 05:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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ryoshu ◴[27 Jun 25 06:24 UTC] No.44394171[source]▶
Blizzard uses/used XSLT for WoW.
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calmbonsai ◴[27 Jun 25 06:34 UTC] No.44394224[source]▶
Was that before/after the LUA adoption?
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shakna ◴[27 Jun 25 06:40 UTC] No.44394254[source]▶
Before. And after.

XSLT controls the styling, Lua the running functions. When Lua adjusts a visible thing, it generates XSLT.

"FrameXML" is a thin Lua wrapper around the base XSLT.

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1. calmbonsai ◴[28 Jun 25 05:54 UTC] No.44402551[source]▶
WoW...literally and figuratively! Thanks for background. That explains some error messages I got waaaaaay back in the day.