"For DataTables this is especially true. First of all, the JS part has tons of options and tons of plugins. So, a completely generic backend would have to replicate everything, potentially making it a big mess of spagetti code that moves at the speed of a glacier."

I don't believe this is true, you could write code code to produce these requirements based on options provided via a perl constructor if required.

"And secondly, if you use paging or scrolling in DataTables, especially in combination with filters and JOINs over multiple tables, this will just not work with some SQL statement thrown together by a generic module."

I often find this to be the case in various products, of course your mileage may vary. The user in question is inflexible in terms of this issue however, and efforts to convince them otherwise seems like a waste of time and effort.

Update: slight rewording.

In reply to Re^5: Perl Contempt in My Workplace by marto
in thread Perl Contempt in My Workplace by rje

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