XmlPrime 3.0 released

A major new version of XmlPrime has been release, which brings huge improvements in performance and some great new features.

XmlPrime 3.0 includes full support for XQuery 3.0 and XPath 3.0, the highlights of which include:

• Grouping and windowing
• Exception handling
• Higher order functions

For the first time, we've differentiated the trial/non-commercial version from the paid-for product.  Purchasing the product gives access to byte-code compilation.  We'll explore in a future posting under what circumstances byte-code compilation really comes into its own.

Even without byte-code compilation, performance is greatly increased.  In some test cases, XmlPrime 3.0 is around 100 times faster than XmlPrime 2.9, and over a mixed set of benchmarks, the execution is four times quicker.  In real-world performance on a high-traffic website, we saw CPU usage drop by 25%.  How will it perform for your workload?  Find out for yourself by running the XSLT benchmarking software.

XmlPrime 2.3 released

We're pleased to announce the release of XmlPrime 2.3.

The XmlPrime 2.x series has grown to include XSLT 2.0, XML Inclusion 1.0 (XInclude) and now we have added support for the XQuery Update Facility 1.0.

Download it from here.

You can also download a Visual Studio 2010 solution with code samples.

XmlPrime 2.0 Beta - XSLT 2.0 for the .NET Framework!

The question we get asked most often is: "When will XmlPrime support XSLT 2.0?".

Well, we finally have an answer: Now!

We are pleased to announce the XmlPrime 2.0 Beta Program. XmlPrime 2.0 includes a native XSLT 2.0 processor for the .NET Framework.

You can download a copy of XmlPrime 2.0 beta now to test the new functionality. Please leave any comments on our forum.

We expect the beta program to finish at some point in the next month, at which time we intend to release a fully supported version.