2Re: a Couple of questions!

Great advice, but i have a couple of nitpicks:

I start off with Dreamweaver ... but i don't maintain with Dreamweaver. Big difference. The advantage here has nothing to do with how much knowledge of HTML i have, but instead how much drudgery i don't want to type myself. Making a table is so much easier with the mouse, and the resulting HTML can always be filtered through HTML Tidy if i don't like it.

You forgot to mention a third way: seperate your Perl code from the HTML. This is where HTML::Template and Template rule. I no longer use those gruffy looking HERE docs for HTML.

jeffa

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Re: 2Re: a Couple of questions! by jonadab (Parson) on Sep 20, 2003 at 18:51 UTC
Making a table is so much easier with the mouse With a decent editor¹, this is simply not true. A few lines of lisp in your configuration go a long way toward reducing the amount of typing you have to do. In cperl-mode (with my custom enhancements in the hook), I hit one keystroke for my insert-tag function, type in `table`, hit Enter, and the following is inserted: `<table width=\"100%\"><thead> <tr><th></th></tr> </thead><tbody> <tr><td></td></tr> </tbody></table>` [download] And it leaves my cursor positioned inside the th. Similar shortcuts exist for other common tasks. My fingers never have to leave the keyboard. 1 -- By <q>a decent editor</q> I of course mean Emacs, but this is not intended to start an editor war; feel free to customise your editor of choice in a similar fashion, if it provides the facilities for you to do so. `$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}} split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
4Re: a Couple of questions! by jeffa (Bishop) on Sep 26, 2003 at 15:17 UTC
I think we are comparing apples and oranges here ... I recently designed a web site that used some pretty complex table arrangements for the layout of certain 'widgets'. I used Macromedia Fireworks to design the graphic first, then i "sliced" the graphic into pieces, keeping some elements as graphics while replacing others with modifiable text. Emacs may be a nice editor, but it won't do that, as it really only deals with text. If i have time, i can recreate an example, but can't show you the one i made ... contract. :( jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
Re: 2Re: a Couple of questions! by Nik (Initiate) on Sep 20, 2003 at 16:20 UTC
what exaclty is a template and how can i use it?	[reply]
Keen CGI Newbie by tachyon (Chancellor) on Sep 20, 2003 at 16:45 UTC
Here is a template for you to use: Tutorials Welcome to the Monastery! Make yourself at home. Before You Post ... On asking for help How (Not) To Ask A Question How to RTFM CGI Help Guide CGI, DBI, and HTML::Template Mini-tutorial HTML::Template Tutorial Using HTML::Template HTML::TokeParser Tutorial Web Application Development with HTML_Tree Ovid's CGI Course tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply]


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