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Try it you'll like it. I certainly do. It takes a little bit to get used to but the shortcuts for creating multiple table rows and table data are invaluable. I certainly don't know all it can do but the little that I do know sure seems to go a long ways. It is also easy to switch from using CGI.pm notation for HTML to simple here documents, if I want to write out HTML by hand.

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RE: RE: RE: I use CGI.pm for
by wonko (Pilgrim) on Jun 08, 2000 at 14:28 UTC
    Personally, I use a mix of it, pending on what i shall do and who i am writing it for. Sometimes I find it easier to use the HTML tags rather than the shortcuts, especially when i make complicated tables.
    And there's always the option of a external HTML file and use regexps to insert variables:
    open(HTML, "<a_file.html") or die "cant open HTML file: $!\n"; while($row = <HTML>) { $row =~ s/---(.*?)---/eval $1/eg; print $row; } close HTML;
    Which will look for ---$variablename--- in the HTML code and replace it with the variable (as if you didnt know ; )) I also use HTML comment flags to insert more complicated structures. I've written a rather simple Web-based discussion forum using this technique, which allows the administrator of the site to change the design without knowing any Perl at all.
      At one place I worked, we found the template idea to be the most flexible way of doing it -- namely because then we could use the same subs for filling out not only HTML but reports written in LaTeX, E-Mail reports, etc.

      I myself started out using CGI.pm, then as time went on used less and less of it until I finally just kicked in a sub to parse the parameters and left out the module completely. I guess I'm just obsessive about my HTML :)