David Cross eBooks

Among the many different approaches to "templating" with Perl--such as Embperl, Mason, HTML::Template, and hundreds of other lesser known systems--the Template Toolkit is widely recognized as one of the most versatile. Like other templating systems, the Template Toolkit allows programmers to embed Perl code and custom macros into HTML documents in order to create customized documents on the fly. But unlike the others, the Template Toolkit is as facile at producing HTML as it is at producing XML, PDF, or any other output format. And because it has its own simple templating language, templates can be written and edited by people who don't know Perl. In short, the Template Toolkit combines the best features of its competitors, with ease-of-use...

Data Munging with Perl covers the basic paradigms of programming and discusses the many techniques specific to Perl. It examines standard data formats - such as text, binary, HTML and XML - before giving tips on creating and parsing new structured data formats. 5 line drawings, 5 tables. Techniques for using Perl to recognize, parse, transform, and filter data....