Comment by dannye

Microsoft SharePoint version 2007 and 2010 where all XSLT. Used in just about every serious Intranet 15...20 years ago.

Developers deemed it too complex (or they were just stupid?)

SharePoint 2013 went the CSR (Microsofts "Client-Side-Rendering") path and SharePoint 2016 went the JSON/React path

Maybe with current AI aid XSLT would have had a chance... or we are still just too stupid.

Yes, XML/XSLT is a better technology, so was any Video Casette tape BUT VHS in the early 80s