Re: [cgiapp] RFC: synopsis for CGI::App book

[Jaclyn Whitehorn <suppressed>]

On Sep 8, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Michael Peters wrote:
> I would cover (or mention) TT before HT::Dot. It's much more popular 
> and
>  a staple in the perl community. I know the boook will target people 
> who
> aren't perl programmers, but it's important to let existing perl
> programmers that we're not trying to replace/re-invent all their tools 
> :)

While there is such a thing as over-simplifying, I really don't see why 
TT can't be "covered" in a page or two.  I personally think that the 
book should primarily use HTML::Template, since it's (1) integrated, 
and (2) EASY.  At some point, it should be mentioned that you can 
replace the templating system, and show how it can be done for TT.  I 
can see where that could fit in either when templating is introduced 
(Ch. 4), or when talking about extending CGI::App (Ch. 5).  That's 
really all I'd do, and kill off Ch. 12 (Alternative Templating) 
altogether.

There's always more than one way to do things in Perl, but that doesn't 
mean you have to explain them all.  :-)


On Sep 8, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:

> Fair enough.  As I write each chapter, I am going to submit it to the
> readers of this list for their critique and at that time you can tell 
> me
> if it is all flowing together properly or not.

Wow.  That's pretty brave of you.  The list of people that see my 
unfinished docs is VERY small!  :-)  Good luck with the project.

Jaclyn


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