Re^2: html::template loops not showing data

The main reason people use a templating system is to separate output formatting from the code. I fail to see how XML::Generator can provide something like that, as it only provides Perl code as the mechanism for creating the output, and no way of "fill out this template".

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Re^3: html::template loops not showing data by mzedeler (Pilgrim) on Jul 12, 2009 at 20:44 UTC
Yes - `XML::Generator` doesn't separate code from the design, so if thats a high priority, its surely the wrong module to use. My main concerns with `HTML::Template` is the lacking support for deep structures. Its a very "flat" way of inserting values and doesn't really do much of the hard work, you'd expect. For one, traversing deep reference structures. Another big drawback is that you have no guarantee that you're generating valid XML (or xhtml) with `HTML::Template`. If designing separate view components (as in MVC) or something of the sorts, using `XML::Generator` to write smaller components is really straightforward and more reliable. You do lose the ability to use code-less templates, but in this era of xhtml and css, its not as important any longer.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: html::template loops not showing data
by mzedeler (Pilgrim) on Jul 12, 2009 at 20:44 UTC

Yes - XML::Generator doesn't separate code from the design, so if thats a high priority, its surely the wrong module to use.

My main concerns with HTML::Template is the lacking support for deep structures. Its a very "flat" way of inserting values and doesn't really do much of the hard work, you'd expect. For one, traversing deep reference structures.

Another big drawback is that you have no guarantee that you're generating valid XML (or xhtml) with HTML::Template.

If designing separate view components (as in MVC) or something of the sorts, using XML::Generator to write smaller components is really straightforward and more reliable. You do lose the ability to use code-less templates, but in this era of xhtml and css, its not as important any longer.

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