On 10/07/2001 at 9:01 PM Brett W. McCoy wrote:
>For which you can still use CGI.pm, but use a templating technique for
>your display. I've written web apps where I use CGI.pm to only do form
...again, my point. You've just brought this back full circle to the beginning.
The path of this thre
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Jason Waugh wrote:
> >CGI.pm isn't the only solution to creating dynamic web pages with Perl.
> >Text::Template is another alternative, as are embedded Perl
> >implementations like Apache::ASP, Mason, or even PerlScript (for IIS).
>
> my point. I still need to be able t
>CGI.pm isn't the only solution to creating dynamic web pages with Perl.
>Text::Template is another alternative, as are embedded Perl
>implementations like Apache::ASP, Mason, or even PerlScript (for IIS).
my point. I still need to be able to access form data passed through and have an
ea
>CGI.pm isn't the only solution to creating dynamic web pages with Perl.
>Text::Template is another alternative, as are embedded Perl
>implementations like Apache::ASP, Mason, or even PerlScript (for IIS).
None of which is crossplatform (Windows / Mac / Linux)
or installable by a user with normal
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Jason Waugh wrote:
> I feel exactly as you do about separating design from code, however.
> I know a lot of fantastic HTML designers haven't even a clue what a
> print statement is, and can't expect them to spruce up a form or even
> overhaul the look of an entire application
>My problem with CGI.pm is that, get this, it's too complicated. I've tried
>to use it, but, quite simply, all I would ever want out of a CGI routine
>is
>to give me back the data in either a hash or object reference. The
...
>But hey, that's just me.
Not just you... I have no need of any other
> >Please note that CGI.pm is a special case.
My problem with CGI.pm is that, get this, it's too complicated. I've tried
to use it, but, quite simply, all I would ever want out of a CGI routine is
to give me back the data in either a hash or object reference. The
difference between:
$val
At 03:58 PM 07/10/2001 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>Please note that CGI.pm is a special case.
>
>Too many books show bad handrolled code.
>
>Too many downloads have bad handrolled code.
This I couldn't agree with more. It is definitely apropos (and an
obligation) to compel someone to use C
At 09:22 AM 07/10/2001 -0600, Ken Scott wrote:
>
>But a wheel is just a wheel. Why not use the one that exists, and leave
>your mental energy and talent available to solve your real problem at
>hand?
I often ponder this subject, especially after reading c.l.p.m.
Without question, perl (or genera
