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Re: Essential Perl Modules

by blokhead (Monsignor)
on Sep 21, 2002 at 08:34 UTC ( [id://199714]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Essential Perl Modules

Considering the modules you've already listed, it sounds like you're doing at least some web-related/CGI work with Perl. If that's the case, I'd definitely insist on getting intimate with at least one templating system. I use HTML::Template, but I know that Template Toolkit and Text::Template are also among the most popular. Separating layout control from code control is a good paradigm. And if you happen to be collaborating with designers, it also keeps them happy (and out of your code). I finally started into templating about 6 months ago and have never looked back. It's the easiest step you can take to make your CGI applications more maintainable and less ad-hoc. Search around the monastary for 'templating systems' or similar terms -- there a lot of great templating solutions out there, as you'll see, and everyone has his or her favorite.

For DBI work, I also consider a module such as Class::DBI to be a near-essential. I use a self-rolled equivalent of this module, and it makes interfacing with the data much friendlier. Unless you are doing very complicated database querying, Class::DBI will make coding much faster.

These are pretty basic modules that even unexperienced Perlers should be able to handle nicely. I've never used Config::General or Parse::RecDescent personally, but I hear other monks bring them up all the time, so you may find these useful as well. These are the only general-purpose modules I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure you'll get a ton of additional replies to this good question.

blokhead

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