Re: [RFC] HTML::Dashboard (Spread***-like formatting for HTML tables)

pkj wrote:
I am looking for comments on a new Perl module. The purpose of the
module is to take a data set (e.g. from a DB query), apply a bunch of
formatting rules, and render the resulting information in the form of
an HTML table.



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Questions:
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Feel free to take a look and let me know what you think. In
particular, I'd like to know: Is this useful? And does it work?

Is the documentation understandable (the API is uncomfortably large,
in my opinion)?

Is anything missing?

And finally, I am looking for comments on the proposed module name.
It's not perfect - any better ideas?


While the solution looks fine, I do have an issue
with the use of the term "Dashboard". Dashboard already has
strong associations with graphical data display
(most notably, information dashboards with, e.g.,
gauges, sparklines, barcharts, etc.).

Since the modulelist (http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html#ID15_WorldWideW)
doesn't currently list any registered "HTML::Spread***", and it doesn't seem to exist
on CPAN, perhaps thats a more appropriate name ? (and perhaps a bit more likely to pop up
in a CPAN search when someone is casting about for your solution.)

My US$0.02,
Dean Arnold
Presicient Corp.
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