[plug] Apache/Perl - Recommendation

[Ryan]

>I am trying to run an app that uses perl to create its web interface

Just a recommendation you might thanks us for in the future if Perl and CGI 
become a major part of your life:

I don't know what exactly you are making, but it's best to learn this stuff 
early - unlike me.

Before you go down the path of bad programming practice with Perl and HTML, 
have a serious look at the modules CGI::Application and HTML::Template or 
one of its variants.

CGI::Application provides an object interface to structure your CGI 
application providing very efficient mechanisms to handle multiple 
'screens' in your application.  It also works well with HTML::Template and 
makes maintaining code a comparable dream.

HTML::Templates enables you to use templates with variable tags embedded, 
allowing you to separate your Perl and HTML code.

Since discovering these I can't talk them up enough, they have saved my life :)

- libcgi-application-perl - Framework for building reusable web-applications
- libhtml-template-perl - HTML::Template : A module for using HTML 
Templates with Perl

Ryan