Re: Web application development

[techcode]

Since you are just starting out I would suggest CGI::Application as better choice. It doesn't abstract as much things as Catalyst does. Sure, it has magic, but it's easier to understand - you can start faster.

The other option is HTML::Template or TemplateTolkit. I was using H::T but moved to TT as I needed some stuff that were pain to make in H::T and already supported by TT ... And TT also has caching support out of the box, that even under plain CGI gets you x2 more requests while testing with Apache/bin/ab.

Anyway, you should be able to just copy these in some folder on your server and add that folder to the @INC (use lib 'relative/or/full/path';). There is an option while installing TT (on your local/dev computer) not to use XS (C) code ...

[Nkuvu]

You're the second person to mention TT. And I'm not sure I understand.

I have used Template::Toolkit before. I made a bunch of web pages based on a template, and altered individual content to suit. But I don't see how TT would help with user authentication. Unless you're not recommending TT for user authentication, that is.

[techcode]

We were mentioning TT because it's good and some of template modules was ment to be used with CGI::App (or other MVC frameworks). So obviosly it doesn't help much with authentication. Closest thing would be to display one thing (perhaps menu) to auth. user, and another thing (login form) to non-auth. users.

Anyway TT can be used for generating lot's of pages from one template. But it's more usefull if you use it to separate perl code (Model in Mvc) and html (View in mVc) ...