To embed or not?

What's the best way to embed Perl in HTML? Or should I not?

[Custodian]

I want to create HTML pages with small chungs of Perl.

To me it seems easier to Write the HTML and embed the Perl where I need it. After looking on CPAn, there seems to be several modules that will do the job.

Are there some modules better than others?

OR

Should I not embed at all and just use the functions in the CGI module to generate my pages?

Thanks again
Clueless Custodian

[WWMike]

One way is to enable SSI for your .html pages and call the .cgi as follows:

<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/randhtml.cgi" -->

[moltar]

If the chunks are really small I'd embed. HTML::Mason is very powerful and might be too much for something small, but I don't know your task. Amazon uses HTML::Mason. There is also Embperl which is lighter and might be better for something small.

[Custodian]

Thanks Again Moltar -
I'm headed to CPAN to get another rollof ductape :)

[SeanW]

HTML::Mason, Template::Toolkit, or HTML::Template will let you mix both. Mason is probably the better one if you want to mix Perl into HTML.

Sean