For the third time now in less than a year, I am rereading that fantastic Perl Template Toolkit book.

Not only is this a great read and each time around I discover new and interesting tidbits I had missed before, the framework allow a robust plugin design allowing one easily to extend the tool in advanced ways.

Here it is in a nutshell

• Define the framework from the requirements
• Place the front-end on top of this
• Implement the processing between elements
• Define the underlying interface to drive these processes
• Snap in the various plugins to achieve this
• Test it all based on the original requirements

For more information about this great tool, you might want to check out the official template toolkit website.

Have fun.