[%# # IMPORTANT NOTE # This documentation is generated automatically from source # templates. Any changes you make here may be lost. # # The 'docsrc' documentation source bundle is available for download # from http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html and contains all # the source templates, XML files, scripts, etc., from which the # documentation for the Template Toolkit is built. -%] [% META book = 'Tutorial' page = 'index' %]

This section includes tutorials on using the Template Toolkit. Subjects currently include an general overview of the Template Toolkit, showing users how to get quickly up to speed building web content, and a tutorial on generating and using data files, with particular reference to XML.

[% WRAPPER ndx -%] [% WRAPPER ndxitem link = '../Tutorial/Web.html' name = 'Web' title = 'Generating Web Content Using the Template Toolkit' -%] This tutorial provides an introduction to the Template Toolkit and a "quick start" guide to getting up to speed. Its primarily focus is on using the Template Toolkit to build web content and it covers 4 basic areas: using tpage and ttree; using the Template.pm module in CGI scripts; writing Apache/mod_perl handlers; and extending the toolkit by writing plugins. [% END %] [% WRAPPER ndxitem link = '../Tutorial/Datafile.html' name = 'Datafile' title = 'Creating Data Output Files Using the Template Toolkit' -%] This tutorial gives an overview of the Template Toolkit, showing in particular how to use it to read and write data files in various different formats and styles. It was written by Dave Cross and first appeared as a lead article at http://www.perl.com/ earlier in the year (2001). [% END %] [% END %]