I mostly agree with Corion that all templating systems suck and that XSLT sucks even more. People should not be made to code in XML.

The thing I like the least about T::T is that it's slow and bulky - it's great if you want to make a lot of static files from complex templates, but IMO too slow for high-performance dynamic stuff. Also, having a complex templating system will probably bite you if you want to do MVC - programmers will tend to put too much logic in the templates, instead of in the model or controller classes. It's probably better to use a simpler templating system in this case.

As for the controller part, there are modules - most famously the Maypole system and CGI::Application. I personally think that Maypole is doing too much (like Template::Toolkit) and links to too many modules I don't like/want - I'd recommend CGI::Application, it's much simpler and runs anywere.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

In reply to Re: Model-View-Controller: Template Toolkit vs. XSLT by Joost
in thread Model-View-Controller: Template Toolkit vs. XSLT by kvale

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