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| = A Comparison of templating systems used with CGI::Application | = A Comparison of templating systems used with CGI::Application |
| The use of a templating system is one extremely important step towards creating | The use of a templating system is one extremely important step towards creating |
| maintainable and reusable applications, as they make it possible to separate | maintainable and reusable applications, as they make it possible to separate |
| the formatting of the pages from the application logic. You want to have this | the formatting of the pages from the application logic. You want to have this |
| separation so that you can easily change the looks of your application without | separation so that you can easily change the looks of your application without |
| messing around in the program, or even have the same program appear differently | messing around in the program, or even have the same program appear differently |
| in different environments (Ideally, someone else than you, the application | in different environments (Ideally, someone else than you, the application |
| developer, can also change the design, such as a web designer. In this case, | developer, can also change the design, such as a web designer. In this case, |
| neither you nor the designer want the designer to have to mess with your Perl | neither you nor the designer want the designer to have to mess with your Perl |
| code). | code). |
| Unfortunately, templating systems in Perl are an extremely over-implemented | Unfortunately, templating systems in Perl are an extremely over-implemented |
| genre. You can find dozens of them on CPAN and elsewhere. They all have their | genre. You can find dozens of them on CPAN and elsewhere. They all have their |
| own distinctive features, benefits and drawbacks. It is very difficult to | own distinctive features, benefits and drawbacks. It is very difficult to |
| choose the right one, and trying to give advice can lead to terrible flamewars. | choose the right one, and trying to give advice can lead to terrible flamewars. |
| A very good | A very good |
| [http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html article] | [http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html article] |
| which compares several popular systems can be found at the Apache mod_perl | which compares several popular systems can be found at the Apache mod_perl |
| project. | project. |
| The two most popular templating systems for CGI::Application users seem to be | The two most popular templating systems for CGI::Application users seem to be |
| * [HTML::Template HTMLTemplate] | * [HTML::Template HTMLTemplate] |
| * [Template Toolkit TemplateToolkit] | * [Template Toolkit TemplateToolkit] |
| Other recommended modules include: | Other recommended modules include: |
| * [http://search.cpan.org/~jhiver/Petal/ Petal] - Perl implementation of Zope Page Templates which uses the [http://zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL/FrontPage Template Attribute Language (TAL)] | * [http://search.cpan.org/~jhiver/Petal/ Petal] - Perl implementation of Zope Page Templates which uses the [http://zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL/FrontPage Template Attribute Language (TAL)] |
| == Online Poll | == Online Poll |
| Maybe we can run a little poll here... Everyone just add a + for their favorite tool (and update the count): | Maybe we can run a little poll here... Everyone just add a + for their favorite tool (and update the count): |
| Template Toolkit (19) +++++++++++++++++++ | Template Toolkit (20) ++++++++++++++++++++ |
| HTML::Template (19) +++++++++++++++++++ | HTML::Template (19) +++++++++++++++++++ |
| Petal (6) ++++++ | Petal (6) ++++++ |
| Text::Template (2) ++ | Text::Template (2) ++ |
| Text::Xslate (1) + | Text::Xslate (1) + |
| home-made toolkit (1) + | home-made toolkit (1) + |
| no template toolkit (1) + | no template toolkit (1) + |
| == See Also | == See Also |
| * The [plugins Plugins] page list several template-related plugins | * The [plugins Plugins] page list several template-related plugins |
| * [http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html Which Templating System To Use], from perl.apache.org | * [http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html Which Templating System To Use], from perl.apache.org |
| * A related topic is content management systems (CMS) which provide whole toolsets to manage a large amount of content. They usually also contain a templating system. A comprehensive list of Open Source Content Management Systems (Perl and others) can be found at http://www.la-grange.net/cms | * A related topic is content management systems (CMS) which provide whole toolsets to manage a large amount of content. They usually also contain a templating system. A comprehensive list of Open Source Content Management Systems (Perl and others) can be found at http://www.la-grange.net/cms |
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