in reply to Seeking enlightenment on CGI::Prototype

Here is a 5 meg tarball that includes all the source for this website implemented in CGI::Prototype

I dont make use of Class::Prototyped when using CGI::Prototype. I prefer to use normal Perl classes which works out under Class::Prototyped if you simply do a use base CGI::Prototype.

You do not have to use Template Toolkit with CGI::Prototype. merlyn might be scaring off potential users with his misleading presentation. I use HTML::Seamstress to do my HTML templating and it works like a charm under CGI::Prototype.

CGI::Prototype has a huge number of hurdles to cross. Merlyn can be very nasty to you at times. He will not create a mailing list. The docs are incomplete. But I will say one thing and I mean every word of it: the module ROCKS and I don't plan to use anything else for my CGI /mod_perl development. If I'm willing to put up with all the listed bs and still make exclusive use of it, that's saying something about how unique and good it is.

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Re^2: Seeking enlightenment on CGI::Prototype
by merlyn (Sage) on Mar 28, 2005 at 08:20 UTC
    Merlyn can be very nasty to you at times.
    I'd like you to point out a time when you think I intended to be nasty. I suspect it's in your head, not mine.
    He will not create a mailing list.
    I merely said that I will not create a list, as I don't have the resources to do that. Nothing is stopping you from creating one of your own. In fact, if you do, I'll be sure to put it in the next docs.
    The docs are incomplete.
    It's completely documented as a reference. What you're missing is a tutorial, and more examples. But that doesn't make it incomplete, just not useful to you. And even as incomplete as you say they are, you seem to have successfully achieved what you wanted. So I'm not sure why you raise that point. I don't know any product that couldn't be better documented!

    In fact, I appreciate that you made your tarball available. Unfortunately, all of the non-trivial uses I've made of CGI-P are all proprietary products right now. I still intend on creating some non-trivial non-encumbered examples, but the resource pile is small at the moment.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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