This is timely -- last night at the Perlmongers meeting we had a presentation on Rose::HTML::Form, and six months ago we had one on Rose::DB::Object.

After the first Rose presentation I was intrigued, and looked at the IRC channel #rdbo -- there were, I think, three people there, and I put Rose back on the shelf. The presenter last night commented that John, the author, was amazingly helpful on the mailing list, and that the documentation was 'fantastic' -- so maybe I need to have another look at Rose.

Certainly Toolkit::Template Template::Toolkit was a bit of a leap when I started using it -- but the documentation was very good, and there were enough people using it here on Perlmonks that I could get by. I tried DBIx::Class about a year ago and couldn't understand it -- the users on the IRC channel (and in particular mst) tried hard to help me, but I couldn't get it in the time I had allotted.

I think it's always a good idea to be tinkering with something new -- last night's meeting has suggested not only Rose but also SQL::Abstract. And I may take another swing at DBIx::Class, especially if I can compare it with Rose.

Update: Correct the name of Template::Toolkit. Thanks alexm. (Dyslexia sneaks up on you sometimes.)

Alex / talexb / Toronto

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In reply to Re: Choosing modules - community matters or just technical merits? by talexb
in thread Choosing modules - community matters or just technical merits? by zby

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