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For generating HTML, I like a combination of HTML::Template and HTML::FromText, the latter of which I nearly have a nifty patch for. Real soon now, I promise! :-)

In general, I detest writing HTML, and would prefer to have the computer do it for me. If I want a loosely formatted document, HTML::FromText does an excellent job; otherwise, latex2html is preferred. On the other hand, neither tool produces particularly pretty markup, and I don't mind because I'm one of those archaic elitists who prefer content over eye candy. If you want a pretty site, you're probably best off embedding generated HTML in a template. (I have an example at http://www.infernus.net/; a somewhat old version of the code is listed at Automating a Static Website.)

For parsing HTML, use HTML::Parser; for intelligently parsing pseudo-HTML, have a look at Why I like functional programming.

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In reply to Re: How do you deal with HTML in Perl? by FoxtrotUniform
in thread How do you deal with HTML in Perl? by blokhead

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