Re: CGI::Application for complex web applications?

Have a look at CGI::Application::Dispatch. It works pretty much exactly like you describe. It can be used as a mod_perl handler if you use mod_perl, or it can be used in a simple CGI script if you don't use mod_perl.

As for the three questions at the bottom:

will URLs like www.site.com/index.pl/admin/members/ call that index.pl in root where I will be able to extract the rest of path
Yes
if previous is yes, will post/get work (www.site.com/index.pl/admin/members/?run_mode=something)
Yes
How would all this URLs work with mod_perl - as if it works out with this project I might use same/similar for web sites based on CGI:App.
It will work exactly the same under mod_perl, although you can hook the handler in a location that doesn't have a file extension, so you could have www.site.com/myapp/admin/members?param=1. That makes for nicer looking URLs

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Re^2: CGI::Application for complex web applications? by techcode (Hermit) on Jul 28, 2005 at 06:33 UTC
Thanks for pointing it out to me :) I don't know if there is something I'm missing about/on CPAN? Can I simply browse to see all the CGI::Application modules (the folder CGI/Application/ and it's sub-folders)? I still have to check if it will work with AutoRunmode plug in as it's not mentioned in the docs. But I did spotted authors words that module is written because he's lazy and didn't wanted to write same code over and over - so there are good chances it will work :) Almost forgot - if I want to use several CGI::Application::Plugin(s) - say this AutoRunmode and Sessions - how do I do that? Thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: CGI::Application for complex web applications? by cees (Curate) on Jul 28, 2005 at 12:35 UTC
I use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode with CGI::Application::Dispatch all the time. They work really well together. for most of the plugins, you just have to `use` them in your module `package My::App; use base qw(CGI::Application); use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode; use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session;` [download] As for finding all the plugins, since many of the plugins are written by different authors, you can't easily see a list of all of them on one page. Your best bet is just to use search.cpan.org and search for CGI::Application. You will have to page through cause there are quite a few of them. Another way to find them all quickly is to look in the 02packages.details.txt.gz file in your local CPAN directory: `zcat $HOME/.cpan/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz \| grep 'CGI::Applic +ation'` [download] That will quickly give you a list, although you won't get you much information.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: CGI::Application for complex web applications? by techcode (Hermit) on Jul 28, 2005 at 12:51 UTC
Thanks cees! I don't know how/why but for some reason I was reading "use base 'CGI::Application::Plugin::Session';' instead of just simple "use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session;" on all those plug ins. Guess I made it in my mind that those are sub-classes of CGI::App for some strange reason. Probably because Perl's OOP is a bit different on those matters than what they are forcing on university (Java, C# ...).	[reply]
Re^3: CGI::Application for complex web applications? by Joost (Canon) on Jul 29, 2005 at 12:39 UTC
I don't know if there is something I'm missing about/on CPAN? Can I simply browse to see all the CGI::Application modules (the folder CGI/Application/ and it's sub-folders)? You can browse the directory structure for CGI::Application , but that only shows the modules that are in the default C::A install. There are several extensions on CPAN that you need to install seperately. Just use search.cpan.org to search for related modules that are not in the default distribution. update: you can also walk the "modules by name" list on cpan, but IMO search.cpan.org is a lot easier to use. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]