Hi, there is a standard directory layout for java web-apps, there is also a standard packaging: a .war file with something like:

   appname
       /WEB-INF
           /classes
           /lib

Other contents such as html/image/jsp can be place in some structure under appname.

I'v been going back and forth for my perl-based web apps: currently using mod_perl/Template-Toolkit. In most current app, I've created my own lib directly where I put all my perl modules, and "use lib" in a mod_perl start up file; and I put my TT template in some directly under DocRoot, parallel to html/images. All these work fine, but I always feel it's very adhoc. Some questions I have are:

• Do you install all your mod_perl modules in the system perl path (e.g. .../site/lib/...) or have your own path with "use lib"?
• If you use cgi and put some of your cgi scripts in the /cgi-bin/ directory, where do you put the rest of your perl modules? in the same cgi-bin directory or somewhere else? (e.g., for using CGI::Application)
• Where do you put your TT templates? I use PerlSetVar in the http.conf to set the location of my templates, is there a better way?
• How do you package them up and do deploy? I currently have an adhoc perl script that does some copying from my CVS structure(basically some File::NCopy calls). Is there a better, more standard way such as .war file?

This is related to: make/deploy tool for perl scripts. Hopefully this is more specific. Thanks.