legLess asked:

What's the preferred alternative [to embedded HTML or HTML shortcuts]?

As one might expect, there is no preferred alternative. I use Template Toolkit at work. That, combined with stuffing most of my database work into objects has made my actual coding so ridiculously easy that it's not even funny. HTML::Template is a nice, lightweight templating system, but it's not as robust as the Toolkit. I've glanced at CGI::Application, but it basically appears to be a glorified substitution for if/then statements.

Cheers,
Ovid

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