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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tommi M�kitalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:22 AM
> Subject: Another HTML-table-generator
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I work on a little HTML-table-generator. There are plenty of them
availible,
> but I still decided to try my own. And I would like to here, what you
think
> of it.
>
> It is a fully object-oriented implementation. My intention is, that it is
> really easy to use. It makes no sense, if it is easier to write HTML
> yourself.
>
>
I have not personally had to solve the task which you propose to tackle with
HTML::OOTable, so I won't critique the interface. Let me just give some
pointers on the module-writing process based on my experience with my first
CPAN module, List::Compare, earlier this year.
A quick search on search.cpan.org shows, as you state, that there are
already a number of modules whose titles suggest they already provide some
functionality in this area. If so -- and particularly if you intend not
simply to use this module yourself but to post it on CPAN -- then you should
carefully study the already existing modules so that you can answer
questions such as "Why should we use HTML::OOTable when we can already use
one of HTML::FormatTable, HTML::STable, HTML::FormatTableRow, etc.?"
("Really easy to use" would be one valid rationale.)
If you can answer such questions in writing, then you've got a nice chunk of
your documentation already written.
Jim Keenan
