modulereview mirod <h3>Description</h3> <p><a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/MJD/Text-Template-1.23/Template.pm"> Text::Template</a> let's you store templates in separate files. </p> <ul> <li>the templates can be anything, typically pure text (like email message templates) or HTML.</li> <li>the templates can include Perl code, between 2 matching { } (you can change the delimiter if you want to.</li> <li>you can pass variables to the template, usually in a separate package (<tt>my</tt> variables won't be passed to the template)</li> <li>you can trap errors when filling the standard with a custom handler.</li> </ul> <h3>Why use Text::Template</h3> <p>Warning: Text::Template is the only templating module I use, so I cannot compare it with other similar modules.</p> <ul> <li>it works just fine, I never did anything too fancy with it, but I never found a bug in it</li> <li>it is quite powerful: you can change the delimiters, evaluate the template in a safe environment, add custom code (like common subroutines) to existing templates...</li> <li>the documentation is very good</li> </ul> <h3>Why NOT use Text::Template</h3> <ul> <li>you prefer an other module</li> </ul> <h3>Personal Notes</h3> <p>Text::Template is a no-brainer, it is powerful enough to handle most needs and won't cause you any trouble. Get it now!</p> A module that fills-in templates including Perl code Stable and powerful, my template module of choice