Chapter 6. HTML Templates

The CGI.pm module makes it much easier to produce HTML code from CGI scripts written in Perl. If your goal is to produce self-contained CGI applications that include both the program logic and the interface (HTML), then CGI.pm is certainly the best tool for this. It excels for distributable applications because you do not need to distribute separate HTML files, and it's easy for developers to follow when reading through code. For this reason, we use it in the majority of the examples in this book. However, in some circumstances, there are good reasons for separating the interface from the program logic. In these circumstances, templates may be a better solution.