Hey all,
I know that the vast majority of the people who read this site are geeks (all 3 of you 
so I'm looking for a bit of advice...
I was challenged by my manager to find a cross-platform (actually, completely OS/Platform/hardware independent) development environment that is more "productive" than the one we currently use. Looking at the applications we would be developing, I am leaning strongly toward good old HTML and Perl.
Here's the problem, I need an app that generates HTML pages as quickly and as productively as possible for the "front end". It will need to meet the following requirements:
- It has to be user-friendly enough so that even someone with no HTML experience could use it (i.e. management)
- It will need to be fairly powerful because we'll be creating somewhat complex/interactive pages.
- Ideally something that can generate all the standard widgets with little effort
- Possibly include some options to implement XML.
- It does not necessarily need to be freeware but it can't be a budget-breaker either. (If not freeware, a demo or trial version would be required for reviewing)
- Needs to generate OS independent pages (i.e. no proprietary MS garbage, ala ASP)
I know there are thousands of apps out there to generate HTML , but I'm looking for advice on which is the best and most user-friendly. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
