Re: Catalyst or not?

I gave myself two weeks or so on Catalyst and on DBIx::Class, got a lot of help from castaway and mst, but still wasn't able to get it sufficiently to use it, so turned to CGI::Application instead. It's more mature than Catalyst and has a host of plugins that take care of interfaces to modules like DBI and Template::Toolkit

The Catalyst team is a bunch of very bright people, and I found them to be very patient and helpful. You got further than I did .. so I guess it depends on time. If you have the scheduling leeway, go ahead and try Catalyst. If not, it might be safer to go with something that you can use and get your project done within your scheduled time. Your call.

And be sure to let us know how it all goes.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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Re^2: Catalyst or not? by jfrm (Monk) on Sep 10, 2006 at 21:42 UTC
Thanks - good practical advice. I did look at CGI::Application::Plugin::BREAD but it appeared to be based on Class::DBI and I think I need the functionality from DBIx::Class. Is there a plugin for CGI::Application that I missed for DBIx::Class?	[reply]
Re^3: Catalyst or not? by talexb (Chancellor) on Sep 10, 2006 at 22:28 UTC
Thanks for the link to BREAD; I didn't know about the competing acronym to CRUD. And I'm not aware of a CGI:Application Plugin for DBIx::Class, but if all you need is to be able to pass around a pointer or two, you can use the `param` method for that. If not, then I guess, roll up your sleeves and get with Catalyst. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply] [d/l]