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Posted local::lib Makefile creation fixed! to Catalyzed.org
This entry will be short and to the (very cool) point. Thanks to confound (hdp@cpan.org), we now have a version of local::lib that will properly bootstrap regardless of Module::Build issues. The latest version (just uploaded tonight, 2009-05-21) is 1.4.1. Please...
Commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
Unless the sysadmin is really backwards in procedures, it's very reasonable and easy to ship an app deployed with local::lib and / or PAR. If things are so backwards, perhaps the problem isn't really a Perl one at all....
Posted Perl's Broken. to Catalyzed.org
Perl 5 is a vibrant, mature, growing language. Now that I've said two seemingly incredulous things in as many sentences and have grabbed your attention, I'll continue with this post properly. New in Perl 5.10 is the smart match operator (and...
Posted local::lib, Red Hat, and Macs to Catalyzed.org
As some of you may know, I comaintain local::lib with Matt S. Trout. We've had issues with local::lib on Red Hat / CentOS systems in the past. We thought that this was due to Red Hat breaking Perl, because they've had...
Commented on PERL is dead. Long live Perl.
I'm going to have to disagree as well, logomachist. Have you ever looked at the Graymatter code? I have, and it was a disaster five years ago, an example of a lack of discipline. If it's the standard to which...
Posted CPAN: Perl's Version of Share and Enjoy to Catalyzed.org
Today's post will focus on what CPAN is conceptually, to give an understanding of how it works, what it provides, and how to get the most from it. Watch this space for more practical posts once I've finished yammering about...

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Robert 'phaylon' Sedlacek commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
Of course this all depends on the experience of the involved people, but if someone just wants the "new way of CGI" I would point them towards CGI-Application. I have done both CGI-App and Catalyst jobs, and have migrated some apps from the former to the latter too. If you design your application right and keep the actual domain and business implementations out of your web interface application, you should be fine in almost any situation....
transfixedbutnotdead.com commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
For something like this I really do like using Squatting... a micro web framework inspired by Camping (on Ruby) written in less than 4K of code (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Squatting/). Squatting is ideal for building small agile web apps quickly. It can be deployed on Continuity, CGI, HTTP::Engine, mod_perl & even Catalyst! Also check out Continuity itself (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Continuity/) which Squatting runs on this by default. In the recent 140 char web app challenge (http://f055.net/article/the-140-character-webapp-challenge/) I was very impressed with how little was needed to write a webapp. For eg. Here is a simple adding calculator written in just 117 chars: use Continuity;Continuity->new->loop;sub main{while(){$m+=$_[0]>print("$m")->next->param(‘m’)}}...
kiffin commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
I'd have to go with mod_perl as the quickest means for prototyping and playing around with concepts. A good understanding of apache is a prerequisite, but this knowledge is always useful anyway and should be a part of one's work experience....
robin.smidsrod.no commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
How about memory consumption of all these different choices? If your app is small/simple, but might end up being used quite heavily, the memory footprint of the framework itself might eat your application servers. Anyone done any comparisons?...
Devin Austin commented on What alternatives are there to CGI?
don't forget PreFork!...

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