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Mason is a tool for building, serving and managing large web sites. Its features
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make it an ideal backend for high load sites serving dynamic content, such as
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online newspapers or database driven e-commerce sites.
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Mason's various pieces revolve around the notion of "components". A component is
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a mix of HTML, Perl, and special Mason commands, one component per file.
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So-called "top-level" components represent entire web-pages, while smaller
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components typically return HTML snippets for embedding in top-level components.
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This object-like architecture greatly simplifies site maintenance: change a
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shared component, and you instantly changed all dependant pages that refer to it
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across a site (or across many virtual sites).
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Mason's component syntax lets designers separate a web page into programmatic
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and design elements. This means the esoteric Perl bits can be hidden near the
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bottom of a component, preloading simple variables for use above in the HTML. In
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our own experience, this frees content managers (i.e., non-programmers) to work
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on the layout without getting mired in programming details. Techies, however,
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still enjoy the full power of Perl.
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Mason/
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WWW: http://www.masonhq.com/
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