in reply to Dynamic Web Page approach?
Their web site uses CGI::FastTemplate as the templating engine with MySQL behind it. CGI::FastTemplate was chosen (by me) because the site was originally deployed in a shared web hosting environment and being relatively light it doesn't compete too much with other domains wanting their fair share of resources. Today the site is on its own server, but we're still using CGI::FastTemplate because it ain't broke.
If I had it to do over again, I might still use CGI::FastTemplate because the client company likes to pinch pennies by doing a lot of their own web site maintenance, and the steeper learning curve of the more powerful templating engines would probably knock them for a loop. This way, I keep a happy client. I'd never suggest that CGI::FastTemplate is the best solution for even a simple majority of applications, but the learning curve is relatively short and shallow, and in this case it's done exactly what's needed and everyone's happy.
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Re^2: Dynamic Web Page approach?
by gj2666 (Beadle) on Apr 10, 2006 at 21:05 UTC |