Of the ones you mention, I have only used HTML::Template and Template Toolkit. I think that you will find HTML::Template to be ridiculously easy to use and, in fact, I have written a short tutorial on its use. Template Toolkit is more difficult to use (and I've found the documentation to be a tad confusing at times), but it's much more useful in the long run.

Choosing a templating system also depends upon what you want to do. If you're just building a small site of about 20 or 30 pages, HTML::Template should be fine. But if you're building something larger, or likely to get larger, bite the bullet and learn one of the more complicated, but scaleable systems. We had considered using HTML::Template at our work and while it would definitely be an improvement over our current system, we realized that it was too limited. Don't take the easy path now if you're likely to regret it later!

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid) Re: Follow-up to my Template question by Ovid
in thread Follow-up to my Template question by r.joseph

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