[Catalyst] html::prototype syntax in new Cat version

[Michael Reece]

i may be the exception, but i have no hesitation in using perl (or  
other templating languages) to generate html, javascript, css, or  
even more perl.

it may be harder to debug, but the productivity gains are worth it.

i think RoR's rjs stuff is really keen, too.

On Jul 10, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Daniel McBrearty wrote:

>> It's been said by others but I really prefer to do all
>> this in my templates.  It would be easy to have this
>> in a Template Toolkit plugin if you wanted, but I
>> can't see the value of basically using perl as a code
>> generator for Javascript.  I prefer to be closer to
>
> my sentiments exactly. Even if your perl is way better than your js,
> it's harder to debug js wrapped in perl than straight js. You usually
> have to face the underlying library sooner or later.
>
> -- 
> Daniel McBrearty