[SWLUG] Perl in HTML

[Dafydd Walters]

Nat,

 > We are planning on moving away from the ASP based section
 > to a Perl one so we can get away from running Windows
 > on those boxes.

Have you considered running your ASP app under the Mono project's ASP.NET
implementation? You'd have to tweak your ASP pages a little bit, but it
could cut down your development time considerably. I've heard that ASP.NET
is working pretty well in Mono now (although I haven't tried it myself).

 http://www.go-mono.com/asp-net.html

I'm not sure I understand your reluctance to use another language (such as
PHP). Don't you already have a solution based on two technologies (ASP and
Perl)? Isn't it better to choose the right tool for the job (and I think
most people agree by now that PHP is a good choice for developing a web
presentation layer)?

If you do choose PHP, I can highly recommend the Smarty template engine
for separating layout and content; just read through the "crash course"
page to get an idea of how flexible it is.

 http://smarty.php.net/crashcourse.php

Regards,
Dafydd.

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