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Although using Mason isn't difficult, creating a Mason-based site can be tricky. Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason shows you how to create large, complex, dynamically driven web sites that look good and are a snap to maintain. This concise book covers Mason's features from several angles, and includes a study of the authors' sample site where these features are used. You'll learn how to visualize multiple Mason-based solutions to any given problem and select among them. The book covers the latest line of Mason development 1.1x, which has many new features, including line number reporting based on source files, sub-requests, and easier use as a CGI. The only book to cover this important tool,Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason is essential reading for any Perl programmer who wants to simplify web site design. Learn how to use Mason, and you'll spend more time making things work, and less time reinventing the wheel.

About the Author

Dave Rolsky is a Programmer, author, and activist with a background in music composition and an obsession with Hong Kong films and the works of author Gene Wolfe. He has been actively developing Free (Perl) Software for several years and is a member of the Mason core development team.


Ken Williams is a first-time author from Compton, California.

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  • Paperback: 318 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (October 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0596002254
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596002251
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #607,107 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Get me to the edge...., December 11, 2002
I am using Mason for about a year. Then I saw the Mason book. My first tought was: "Why should I buy a book about Mason - The online documentation is excellent...?".

But even the introduction chapters of this book gives you new ideas how to get things done. Starting with the second half of chapter 4 every Masonsite developer should take a close look. He will find a in deep discussion about every Mason feature - and more (e.g. The Bricolage-CMS-Appendix).

I my opinion there is no discussion "to buy or not to buy" this book. The only question is "when".

On the one hand this book can be a bit boring for "new" Mason user and as mentioned before the online documentation is very good. On the other hand if you have your first mason-site done and read this book you will have very likely the urgent desire to rewrite some code.

But this is a common perl problem: "There are many ways to get things done."

I dislike the "Example" chapter. One of the big advantages of Mason is the possibility to seperate perl-code and HTML. This ist not very well done within the example-site.

Conclusion: This book is not needed to get in touch with Mason althought usefull - but if you are really starting to deploy a site I strongly recommend this book.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for every Mason user, December 5, 2002
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As a longtime mason user (2 years, private and commercial use) I didn't have to think about buying this book. Dave Rolsky and Ken Williams, both core developers, introduce you to the concepts behind HTML::Mason and its many features which really make the life of a web developer way easier.... Even if you're already familiar with mason this book will serve you as an excellent reference. If you haven't heard of mason yet and you're into web development and Perl is your language of choice you should also definitely have a look at this book and mason in general.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, December 5, 2002
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From the standpoint of a person who knows Perl and Apache pretty well, I have to say this book is all I needed to get going with HTML::Mason. There are excellent online docs for Mason, there are places Mason fits better (and worse), and there are viable alternatives to Mason. This book covers that ground right off the bat, and I like that.

I was able to configure a couple servers, write up some test components, throw together some quick admin tools, and remake a custom database web app in a very short time using Mason and this book. It may not be for you if you are new to Perl or Apache, but I think Amazon has a wide selection of books available on both of these topics. Buy 'em, read 'em, then get this one.

I highly recommend it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners
This is a good book. I had no idea about mason but helped me get right up to speed. Recommended for anyone who wants to get their foot in the door to learn mason.
Published 19 months ago by Sujit Vattenky

4.0 out of 5 stars thorough and interesting
I've worked on enough PHP and other lousy web code to have cringed when I read the title of this book: Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason. "No! Read more
Published on August 5, 2007 by Ricardo Signes

1.0 out of 5 stars Mason review (dave rolsky)
I suppose Dave thinks that this is a fairly advanced topic so he can speak in advanced ways (that unfortunately are of no help). Read more
Published on February 24, 2005 by Mrs. C. Keast

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book but...
But.. it is a little too short. Not really but I would have loved to have more book. The book covers just about every topic. Read more
Published on December 11, 2002 by S. Boss

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfull Mason
Apart from being clear and well-written, this book is also the sum of all the knowledge of the Mason community, written by two of the developers of Mason themselves. Read more
Published on December 4, 2002 by Dragan CVIJETIC

5.0 out of 5 stars Much More Than a Reference
Far from being just a reference, this book explains the conceptual framework behind Mason. The main idea of which is creating reusable components or building blocks to generate... Read more
Published on December 4, 2002 by Jason D. Underdown

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I have read the book and I found it to be very disappointing. The main reason is that it addresses itself at a very small crowd, a crowd that already knows mod_perl and already... Read more
Published on November 13, 2002

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