Greetings to all monks,

Correct me if I'm wrong...

One of the uses of HTML:: Template is to allow the separation of (e.g. html) content and (perl) code. The code generates the data (say from a database) and delegates the output to a template. The objective here is to minimise the mixing of html code with program code in a script.

My questions are: Do we try to maximise the use of a particular template by making it as generic as possible? Or is it okay to have different templates for different outputs? What is the rule of thumb on the use of a templating system?

I look forward to hearing your views.

Thanks :)

Update

Great thanks to all who have generously shared their experiences on using a templating system, in this instance HTML::Template.

I'm now in a better position to decide when and when not to try and maximise the use of a particular template. Before, it was a judgement largely based on gut feelings, and it just didn't feel right.

In reply to HTML::Template - what's the rule of thumb? by kiat

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