Question

Every example I’ve seen of CGI/Perl basically a bunch of print statements containing HTML, and this doesn’t seem like the best way to write a CGI app. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks.

EDIT: I’ve decided to use CGI::Application and HTML::Template, and use the following tutorial: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dd363fg9_77gb4hdh7b. Thanks!

Answer 1

Absolutely (you’re probably looking at tutorials from the 90s). You’ll want to pick a framework. In Perl-land these are the most popular choices:

• CGI::Application – very lightweight with lots of community plugins
• Catalyst – heavier with more bells and whistles
• Jifty – more magical than the above