Re: Modules Vs. Manual Coding

Boy has this subject been beaten to death. However it's not the easiest discussion to look up using either search. I'll update with some links soon.
If you're learning, you'll want to hand code some routines, but I would recommend digging into the module and seeing how it does it. It's another way to learn.
If you're writing production code, using modules is going to be faster and in all likelyhood less prone to errors. I've seen ads for Perl coders that require knowledge of CPAN.
For small tasks which is the crux of your question, which ever way works for you is the best way. What modules provide is a way for seemingly large tasks to become small.

Links to prior discussions on wheels or info on modules:
Module Reviews
Use of Modules
Finding the Correct Module
RE: Modules
Module Recommendation
Modules or lack thereof
What's your favorite module?
New Module Area?
to post, or not to post...
And the recursive link! Modules Vs. Manual Coding

Check out tye's link as well.

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(tye)Re: Modules Vs. Manual Coding by tye (Sage) on Jan 15, 2001 at 22:18 UTC
Not a whole thread, but this sums up my feelings on the matter fairly well: (tye)Re2: 'Tailing' a File? There is no black and white. Using modules is very often a good idea. Reading the source code for modules can be a faster way to learn than trying to reinvent them. Installing modules can be a huge pain. But asking for a solution that uses no modules raises a red flag to me as many modules are as easy to install as whatever you might rewrite the module as. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]

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(tye)Re: Modules Vs. Manual Coding
by tye (Sage) on Jan 15, 2001 at 22:18 UTC

Not a whole thread, but this sums up my feelings on the matter fairly well: (tye)Re2: 'Tailing' a File?

There is no black and white. Using modules is very often a good idea. Reading the source code for modules can be a faster way to learn than trying to reinvent them. Installing modules can be a huge pain. But asking for a solution that uses no modules raises a red flag to me as many modules are as easy to install as whatever you might rewrite the module as.

tye

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