Except for very basic (probably one-shot) scripts, I always use templates for HTML. I usually use HTML::Template, which has low overhead (more in the sense of programming time than computer time), and is very simple to use. I can't think of too many cases where I wouldn't want to use HTML::Template (or another templating system).

The main reason is getting the HTML as far away from your code as possible. Once you do this, a lot of problems just don't exist anymore.

While sometimes templating systems can give you a performance hit (not that this is usually too important - network speed is far more of an issue for the vast majority of users hitting your scripts) they often make it easier to tune performance if you need to.

In reply to Re: When to use templates? by Mutant
in thread When to use templates? by kidd

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