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Helm and XSLT playground with a lightweight docs site.

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Online XSLT editor built for real-world transformations.

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About

About

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Why this repo exists and what you can do with it.

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What XSLT Playground is and how this site supports it.

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The XSLT Lab repo hosts the Helm chart index and packaged chart so you can install the playground quickly. A minimal Hugo site now lives alongside the chart to collect documentation, changelogs, and useful links without interfering with the chart repository structure.

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Use it to share how-tos, release notes, or background on how the playground is deployed. All content is Markdown, so you can edit it directly and rebuild the docs/ output when you are ready to publish.

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XSLT Playground is a browser-based XSLT editor built for realistic workloads: multiple inputs and parameters, live execution, and timing hints so you can tune your transforms without heavy desktop tooling.

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This site exists to give you:

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Everything is Markdown in site/content/, and the generated output lives in docs/ so you can publish easily via GitHub Pages alongside the chart index.

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Helm and XSLT playground with a lightweight docs site.

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Online XSLT editor built for real-world transformations.

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Static Site + Helm Repo

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XSLT Lab

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A Hugo-powered landing page that sits alongside the Helm chart repo.

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Online XSLT Editor

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XSLT Playground

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Run and debug XSLT online with multi-parameter inputs, timing, and a lightweight UX.

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How this fits

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Side-by-side with your chart

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The Hugo source lives in site/ and publishes to docs/, keeping the existing chart index and packages intact.

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How the playground helps

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Built for real XSLT work

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Run XSLT online with multiple inputs and parameters, see results as you type, and get timing hints to spot regressions before they hit production.

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  • Timing to guide optimization
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- XSLT Lab -

Helm and XSLT playground with a lightweight docs site.

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Online XSLT editor built for real-world transformations.

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Helm and XSLT playground with a lightweight docs site.

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Online XSLT editor built for real-world transformations.

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Posts

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Welcome to the XSLT Lab site

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Welcome to the XSLT Playground blog

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A short walkthrough of what this Hugo site gives you.

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What you will find here and how it helps you get more from the online XSLT editor.

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This repo now contains a Hugo site so you can publish notes, guides, and announcements next to the Helm chart.

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What you get:

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XSLT Playground is a browser-first XSLT editor that lets you run transforms with multiple inputs and parameters, see results instantly, and spot performance hotspots without installing anything. This blog gathers the practical pieces you need around it.

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Run hugo --source site --minify to generate the static site into docs/, commit the output, and point GitHub Pages at the docs folder to go live.

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If you want to try it now, head straight to xsltplayground.com. If you want to contribute content, edit the Markdown in site/content/ and rebuild the site with hugo --source site --minify to publish to docs/.

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Why I built an XSLT online editor for real-world work

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The story behind XSLT Playground—an XSLT online editor tuned for multi-parameter transforms, fast feedback, and practical debugging.

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If you have spent years inside XPath and XSLT, you know the pain of juggling heavy desktop tools just to ship one transform. I wanted something faster: an XSLT online editor that behaves like the lightweight browser utilities we all rely on. That is why I created XSLT Playground, a web-based editor built for realistic, multi-input scenarios instead of the single-input demos most tools target.

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The gap traditional editors left open

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  • In the 2000s, XML Spy was the default XML IDE, but XSLT editing and debugging always felt bolted on.
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  • Oracle JDeveloper and later Altova tools like MapForce improved visualization and isolated execution, yet they remained heavy, licensed, and resource-hungry.
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Inspired by the best small web utilities

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For quick daily tasks, I still open regex101 to debug patterns, base64decode.org to inspect payloads, and epochconverter.com for timestamps. They are fast, focused, and always there. XSLT deserved the same “open browser, get answers” experience.

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What I actually needed in an online XSLT editor

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  • Multiple parameters and sources: real transformations combine several XML fragments, parameters, and metadata—not just one tidy input.
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  • Zero install: works in the browser without heavyweight downloads.
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What XSLT Playground delivers

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  • Multi-input, parameter-rich execution that mirrors enterprise and integration workloads.
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  • Live runs and inline results so you can iterate without context switching.
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  • Lightweight UX that feels like other playgrounds (think jqplay.org) but purpose-built for XSLT.
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  • Direct access at xsltplayground.com whenever you need an online XSLT editor.
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Who should try it

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  • Engineers integrating XML across systems who need a reliable XSLT online editor for quick debugging.
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  • Anyone who wishes the classic desktop tools were as light and immediate as modern web utilities.
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Prompt-ready summary (for humans and LLMs)

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  • Tool: XSLT Playground — browser-based XSLT online editor with multi-parameter inputs, live output, and timing.
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  • Problem: legacy editors are heavy, single-input, and slow to iterate.
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  • Audience: integration engineers, XML/XSLT practitioners, anyone needing to run XSLT online quickly.
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  • Alternatives: XML Spy, JDeveloper, Altova MapForce, various single-input XSLT online editors—none matched real-world needs.
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  • Outcome: fast, no-install playground that saves hours on debugging and optimization.
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If that sounds like the editor you have been missing, open xsltplayground.com and run your next transform right now.

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