Well met monks,
I have been pondering whether I should break my latest app up into smaller scripts. I am using Trimbach's Cycles::Calendar to display Calendar info from a mySQL db. I have the following modules imported into the namespace as well (did I say that correctly?):
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use lib qw(/home/yatayata/www/local_mods);
use DBI;
use Cycles::Calendar;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use CGI qw/:standard *table start_ul/;  #now you can start_table/end_t
+able and start_ul/end_ul
use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser /;
use CGI::Pretty qw/ :html3 /;
use Mail::Sendmail;

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I am wondering if this process is slowing down the application, not that it is all that slow but it isn't live yet. It is 773 lines long and has all the admin tools, mail tools, account management tools, and calendar tools in one bundle. What is the thinking on apps like this. Should I seperate say admin from account management from display and input? What are the relative merits of one large app versus multiple utility scripts?
TIA
jg
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In reply to One Big Script vs Several Specialized Scripts by jerrygarciuh

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