Hi all

I am not a professional web developer, but in the last year I had to develop a couple of web applications. In them I combined code written in HTML, Perl, JavaScript (ajax,json) and CSS. All the CGIs were coded in Perl using the CGI module.

Now I face my third medium-sized project (a web interface for a database) and I would like to use a "higher order" solution other than having to code almost all myself

I have heard about different Perl modules/frameworks that can help in the development of web applications (Catalyst, HTML::Template, CGI::Builder, CGI::Application, CGI::AppBuilder, CGI::AppToolkit, Jifty, Maypole ...)... Hmmm, too much to test all myself before start coding.

Have you used any of these? other? why?. What system do you recommend? Does they have a large learning curve?

Thank you very much in advance,

citromatik

Edit: Added Jifty and Maypole to the list

In reply to Modules / Frameworks for Web development in Perl by citromatik

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