NAME
   Text::MicroMason::Docs::ReadMe - About the MicroMason Distribution

MOTIVATION
   The HTML::Mason module provides a useful syntax for dynamic template
   interpretation (sometimes called embedded scripting): plain text (or
   HTML) containing occasional chunks of Perl code whose results are
   interpolated into the text when the template is "executed."

   However, HTML::Mason also provides a full-featured web application
   framework with numerous other functions, and there are times in which
   I'd like to use the templating capability without configuring a full
   Mason installation.

   Thus, the Text::MicroMason module was born: it supports the core aspects
   of the HTML::Mason syntax ("<%...%>" expressions, "%...\n" lines and
   "<%perl>...</%perl>" blocks, "<& file &>" includes, "%ARGS" and
   "$_out->()"), and omits the features that are web specific (like
   autohandlers) or are less widely used (like "<%method>" blocks).

   You may well be thinking "yet another dynamic templating module?
   Sheesh!" And you'd have a good point. There certainly are a wide variety
   of templating toolkits on CPAN already. (For a brief list see
   Text::MicroMason::Docs::Related.)

   Nonetheless, I think this module occupies a useful niche: it provides a
   reasonable subset of HTML::Mason syntax in a very light-weight fashion.
   In comparison to the other modules listed, MicroMason aims to be fairly
   lightweight, using one eval per parse, converting the template to a
   compiled subroutine reference, and requiring less than five hundred
   lines of Perl code.

   Although it notoriously difficult to fairly benchmark competing template
   frameworks, at least some anecdotal evidence indicates that this module
   performs reasonably well. http://use.perl.org/~hctif/journal/25211
   http://www.gtchat.de/templateengines/templateengines_en.html

   It is also highly modular, allowing users to select and enable the
   combination of features they desire. Automatic caching, safe
   compartments, post-processing and other features are available as mixin
   classes that are loaded on demand.

   I've recently added mixin classes that emulate the template syntax used
   by Apache::ASP, Embperl, HTML::Template, PLP, Text::Template, and
   Text::QuickTemplate.

DISTRIBUTION STATUS
   This is version 1.992 of Text::MicroMason.

   This is a BETA version on a development track for a 2.0 release.

   This module has been available on CPAN for over four years.

   If you encounter any problems, please inform the author and I'll
   endeavor to patch them promptly.

   This module's CPAN registration should read:

     Name            DSLIP  Description
     --------------  -----  ---------------------------------------------
     Text::          Group 11: Text Processing
     ::MicroMason    Rdpfp  Simplified HTML::Mason Templating

   This release has been tested succesfully on the following platforms:

     5.6.1 on darwin
     5.8.6 on darwin-thread-multi-2level

   Earlier releases have also tested OK on a wide variety of platforms. You
   may review the current test results from CPAN-Testers:

     http://testers.cpan.org/show/Text-MicroMason.html

PREREQUISITES
   This module should work with any version of Perl 5 on any standard
   platform.

   There is one pre-requisite module not included with the core
   distribution which must be installed from CPAN: Class::MixinFactory.

   If you want to use the Text::Template compatibility mode, you will also
   need to install Text::Balanced.

INSTALLATION
   You should be able to install this module using the CPAN shell
   interface:

     perl -MCPAN -e 'install Text::MicroMason'

   Alternately, you may retrieve this package from CPAN
   ("http://search.cpan.org/~evo/") or from the author's site
   ("http://www.evoscript.org/Text-MicroMason").

   After downloading the distribution, follow the normal procedure to
   unpack and install it, using the commands shown below or their local
   equivalents on your system:

     tar xzf Text-MicroMason-*.tar.gz
     cd Text-MicroMason-*
     perl Makefile.PL
     make test && sudo make install

SUPPORT
   If you have questions or feedback about this module, please feel free to
   contact the author at the below address. Although there is no formal
   support program, I do attempt to answer email promptly.

   I would be particularly interested in any suggestions towards improving
   the documentation, correcting any Perl-version or platform dependencies,
   as well as general feedback and suggested additions.

   Bug reports that contain a failing test case are greatly appreciated,
   and suggested patches will be promptly considered for inclusion in
   future releases.

   You can report bugs via the CPAN web tracking system, or send mail to
   "Dist=Text-MicroMason#rt.cpan.org", replacing "#" with "@".

     http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Text-MicroMason

COMMUNITY
   If you've found this module useful or have feedback about your
   experience with it, consider sharing your opinion with other Perl users
   by posting your comment to CPAN's ratings system.

     http://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=Text-MicroMason

   For more general discussion, you may wish to post a message on the
   CPAN::Forum, on PerlMonks, or on the comp.lang.perl.modules newsgroup.

     http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/Text-MicroMason
     http://perlmonks.org/?node=Seekers%20of%20Perl%20Wisdom
     http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.modules

THANKS
   My sincere thanks to the following users for their feedback:

     Pascal Barbedor
     Mark Hampton
     Philip King
     Daniel J. Wright
     William Kern
     Tommi Maekitalo
     Alan Ferrency
     Jonas Alves
     Alexander

SOURCE MATERIAL
   Portions based on HTML::Mason by Jonathan Swartz.

   Portions based on Embperl by Gerald Richter.

   Portions based on HTML::Template by Sam Tregar.

   Portions based on PLP by Juerd Waalboer.

   Portions based on Text::Template by Mark Jason Dominus.

   Portions based on Text::QuickTemplate by Eric J. Roode.

AUTHOR
   Developed by Matthew Simon Cavalletto at Evolution Softworks. You may
   contact the author directly at "evo#cpan.org" or
   "simonm#cavalletto.org", replacing "#" with "@".

   Custom development and technical consulting are available at
   "www.evolutionsoftworks.com". More free Perl software is available at
   "www.evoscript.org".

LICENSE
   Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Matthew Simon Cavalletto.

   Portions copyright 2001 Evolution Online Systems, Inc.

   You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms
   as Perl.

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