Seconded. LWP is a very standard module, so in that example there's really no reason to go on reinventing any wheels. Particularly since most of the modules I use, at least, are very standard and well-known indeed--off the top of my head, the modules I find myself using most often are CGI, LWP, DBI, and XML::Parser. Pretty standard, all.

As for you saying that you have difficulties "getting" modules--what do you mean, exactly? You mean in terms of getting sysadmins to install the modules? Have you thought about setting up your own module area (that you'd own and control), then installing modules into that? The whole module installation thing is really quite easy with the CPAN module.

Just some thoughts.

In reply to Re: Use of Modules by btrott
in thread Use of Modules by Kozz

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.