Rediscovering Web Development With CGI::Forge

Open Source Web development is an active field that provides the
developer with a rich variety of available tools and technologies.
For instance, there exists numerous templating systems written for Perl, ranging from full blown systems, that permits to freely mix Perl
with HTML, to simpler variable substitution solutions. However, few,
if any, extend beyond the template paradigm to provide the strong semantic primitives needed to easily and naturally capture the intrinsic properties of web applications. This paper discusses CGI::Forge, a Perl technology designed to remedy these shortcomings, and supply an integrated object oriented framework aimed at streamlining the process of developing reusable, robust, flexible, and cost effective enterprisegrade web applications. For sheer knowledge, I would like to point out that CGI::Forge is
not another hack with obscure justification, but a carefully designed so
ftware solution that can respectfully contend with the most acclaimed Perl-based web development systems available today, for its elegance, completeness and efficiency. This paper is the sequel to the paper
"CGI::Unified" available in OSDC::2004, focusing this time on
a much more in-depth description of its templating system and registree components.