First decision you need to take is whether you will do the calculation on the server side or on the client side. If it's just a formula that takes only the entered values, there's no need to do the calculation on the server. Just just a little javascript to crank out and display the answer. (You won't be helping mankind by hiding the formula). If you do it on the server side, Perl is one or many languages that can be used. Only use Perl if you feel comfortable with Perl - know that you will be a minority as most programmers don't feel comfortable with Perl. Whether Perl is right for you is something we cannot answer. We don't know you.

In reply to Re: Is Monk life right for me? by JavaFan
in thread Is Monk life right for me? by mortalhero

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.