On Sunday, March 17, 2002, at 09:26 AM, Kee Hinckley wrote:
> Using Embperl's EmbperlObject model you could do this automatically in > a readable fashion. Loading "login" would wrap it in a top-level > template automatically. Or alternatively you could have "login.html" > include "index.pl" and then call the appropriate routines at the > appropriate places. > > The other big advantage you'll get using a package like HTML::Embperl > over doing it yourself with .pl files is caching. The perl files will > get compiled once, and then the code will be reused. You also don't > have to worry about cross-site scripting security issues, since Embperl > always escapes user's input appropriately for the context. > .... > > After several years using my own embedded perl scripting solution I > took a close look at Mason and Embperl and went with Embperl. It's > been several years more now, and with the XML support being added in > Embperl 2.0, I'm feeling very good about that solution. Other's might > prefer Mason. But I would definitely recommend either package over > straight CGI and home-brew templates. > I am glad I asked, because I just spent a good part of last night setting up Mason. I can't get it to work correctly because my mod_perl is buggered up (my previous emails ask for help on that issue), but I have got it working as a CGI (being called via handler.pl). So, I have one vote for Mason, and now one vote for Embperl... choice is good, but choice is also confusing... but heck, that _is_ the Perl way, no :-) I will give Embperl a go now and see how it compares to Mason. > At 7:37 PM -0600 3/16/02, Puneet Kishor wrote: >> I have one index.pl (this is a web app), and everything passes through >> this. So, if the call is to index.pl?do=login then the login page is >> included, if the call is to index.pl?do=verify then the verify page is >> included. This is how I work in the world of other web programming >> (Cold Fusion, PHP, etc.). > > I've never understood why I see so much Coldfusion code doing it this > way. Coming in and debugging other people's code I find it very > difficult to figure out what is getting executed when with this model. I guess it is a matter of getting used to one way of doing things versus another. I actually find it very easy if everything goes through the one bottleneck of index.???. Esp. useful if I am building in extensive error-trapping on an application level, or if I want to change the look and feel of the application globally. One downside is that the URLs are cryptic (actually not so, since every call has a hint to what is going to be done via the index file, for eg, index.pl?do=getrecords or index.pl?do=insertrecords, etc.), but mnemonic URLs are not important in an application anyway.
