Thanks much, Yeah, I worked with TT when I was on the Slash team ;)
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Chris Devers wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Patrick Galbraith wrote: > > > Just wondering what the best templating system is to use and/or learn. > > > > I've briefly read up on the pros and cons of each, and am just wondering > > which one is the most widely _used_ and best to learn if you're wanting to > > know something that there are jobs for. > > What's "best" depends on what your requirements are. As far as I can tell, > the big ones are Template::Toolkit, Mason, and HTML::Template; each one > makes different tradeoffs and makes different assumptions about the > division of labor among programmers, web developers, & content producers. > TT is probably the most flexible, but that or might not be what you want. > > Honestly, of the three I just listed, none of them are *that* complicated. > If you want to learn these for job hunting purposes -- in which case it's > not really fair to ask you what the requirements are, since you can't > really know that -- you might as well experiment with all three. > > A good way to start might be by playing with different content management > etc platforms that use these toolkits. From what I've read, the biggest > examples I can think of are: > > * Slashcode (TT based, runs slashdot.org) > > * Bricolage (H::T, http://www.bricolage.cc/docs/Bric/HTMLTemplate.html, > CMS used by theregister.co.uk et al) > > * Request Tracker (excellent ticketing system, runs http://rt.cpan.org/, > home page is http://www.bestpractical.com/rt) > > Any of these can be downloaded & used freely. If you have the time for it, > grab a copy of one or more and start playing around. > > Have fun :) > > > -- Patrick Galbraith Senior Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
