I'm posting this on behalf of Richard Dice, fellow Toronto Perlmonger and Perl Foundation guy. He's responding to a study on Dynamic Languages, and needs some input from the minds at Perlmonks.

So, no, this is *not* homework. Here are the questions:

    • Render a simple Web page containing text, data, and graphics.
    • Can the language render a simple Web page containing text, data, and graphics from a prespecified Wireframe design?
    • Invoke a simple Web service and display the results.
    • Can the language invoke a simple Web service, format and display the results?
    • Create a simple form for data submission with fields and drop down selects and a submit button. A sample wireframe will be provided with at least one field that should be validated.
    • Can the language create a simple form that implements a sample design?

Richard has completed the first example, and his result is available here. it's actually two versions, the first is a fully documented one, and the second is a striped down version with the same functionality. If anyone wants to supply their own solution, go right ahead.

Richard concludes, In terms of completion of the work, I'd like to receive a tarball with source code, HTML files, etc. Also, if the author can provide a URL at which the working code example is hosted, please do!

I'll be passing along the URL to this post to Richard, and you can also reach him directly at his pobox.com address rdice.

Update: I've added links to the two CGIs on the page here.

Update 2: This is frustrating .. pressing 'Submit' on the forms generates the old Internal Server Error, but I don't have time right now to solve the problem. Sorry about that.

Update 3: OK, it turns out that pair Networks had version 3.12 of Data::FormValidator installed -- that explained the Internal Server Error messages. I installed 4.50 of the same module, added a use lib statement in the CGIs, and now everything works fine. Thanks for your patience.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

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