I love HTML::Mason, although you may have a tough decision, as there are several good templating systems out there. Here's why I like Mason:
1) It's easy to setup, and has good error handling so if you goof up you can fix your code quickly , something I do alot of ;). Speaking of that, I find the syntax is very easy to get used to. 2) You don't have to be a perl expert to use it; although if you are you can do some really neat stuff. The reason for this is that it flips the CGI model over; you can do very well with HTML::Mason with a relatively small amount of perl in your html, as opposed to performing both programming logic AND html output from a cgi script. I feel it's nice to keep logic and presentation as separate as possible. 3) It's plenty fast for the vast majority of needs out there. 4) Out of the box it allows you direct access to the mod_perl request object, as well as the component object internal to mason. Plus, it caches, etc. etc. etc. Very cool stuff. My only gripes with Mason: 1) It seems like the development base is somewhat slow - but we could help change that! 2) It's not particularly clean or easy to use it inside of vhosts, etc., although this is due in part to mod_perl. Regards, Matt --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am in the process of inheriting a bundle of Perl/HTML code implemented in > HTML:Mason > > and > > HTML::Template > > For ease of maintenance I am planning to simply do away with one. > > The question is "which one?". I have not done much in Mason, but from what > I have > read, it sounds very promising and makes the task of maintaining and > serving large web sites > much easier than HTML::Template > > My question is, what are peoples' experiences when it comes to HTML::Mason > and HTML::Template? > > Any tips will be very much appreciated. > > __________________ > > William Ampeh (x3939) > Federal Reserve Board > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
