Re: Drowning in Modules - Suggest those for DB App

If you're just looking to get up and running, you may want to look at the following combination:

CGI::Application for the application logic. It also has a ton of plugins to help with basic functions, like building forms, validating parameters, and the like.
HTML::Template for display work. If you're doing reports, you might want to look at the sister modules PDF::Template and Excel::Template. I use the combination to create excellent-looking reports.
For database access, you will want to look at Class::DBI. If that isn't your cup of tea, the grand-daddy of all database modules in DBI (Class::DBI uses it, for example). You will also need the appropriate DBD, such as DBD::mysql or DBD::Oracle.
If you're brave, you could look at Maypole.

The architecture you will want to look at is MVC, or Model-View-Controller. There are a ton of good descriptions of it on the web.

Take it easy, take it slow, define everything you're expecting to do, and good luck.

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