perlBB project

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Re: perlBB project by davidrw (Prior) on Jan 16, 2007 at 18:57 UTC
for the lazy :) http://sourceforge.net/projects/perlbb/ (to OP: the Project->WebSite link of http://perlbb.sourceforge.net/ doesn't work) If the only requirement is "no separate database application needed", why not SQLite or BerkeleyDB or something indexable? How will you provide the desired scalability with just XML files? You may want to strongly consider supporting multiple databases .. if use DBI (DBD::AnyData supports XML), and don't do anything db-specific in your SQL, it will simply be a matter of letting the user specifiy a different DSN in the config -- it might appeal to users to be able to use their existing postgres/oracle/mySQL/SQLServer/whatever database. Going DBI (as opposed to creating your own stuff that wraps a XML parser/writer module) will also let you, if you choose, leverage an abstract layer like Class::DBI or DBIx::Class or others.	[reply]
Re: perlBB project by barbie (Deacon) on Jan 17, 2007 at 07:56 UTC
What benefits are there over Yet another Bulletin Board? I've been using YaBB for The Scooter Do forums and it's been easy to install, set up and change the CSS and templates. It's written in Perl and doesn't require a DB backend either. -- Barbie \| Birmingham Perl Mongers user group \| http://birmingham.pm.org/	[reply]
Re^2: perlBB project by DrHyde (Prior) on Jan 17, 2007 at 10:35 UTC
You've obviously never taken a good look at the source for YaBB! I have, and I'd rather catch syphilis than use it again. I have muttered about it at greater length elsewhere.	[reply]
Re^3: perlBB project by jZed (Prior) on Jan 17, 2007 at 20:16 UTC
I don't know anything about YaBB, but I find your rant against it less than convincing. There are a number of modules (mine among them) which have horrible ugly, stupid, repetitive code in them. That doesn't necessarily mean that they don't mostly function as they should. Your rant was published almost 3 years ago and YaBB has aparently been a live project in that time ... I dunno if they improved the code you complained about, but they well might have. I also find your argument about using a usenetish approach rather than a web approach to be an example of "coder thinking about a non-coder issue". Yes, sure usenet can do anything web can do better ... technically. But that doesn't mean it's the same experience from the user's viewpoint. Anyway, nothing personal, your rant on your pet peeves just provoked this rant on my pet peeves. :-)	[reply]
Re^4: perlBB project by autarch (Hermit) on Jan 18, 2007 at 17:39 UTC
Re^5: perlBB project by jZed (Prior) on Jan 18, 2007 at 18:18 UTC
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Re: perlBB project by serious_steven (Initiate) on Jan 17, 2007 at 12:58 UTC
>>What benefits are there over Yet another Bulletin Board? Well, I'm glad you mentioned that. I'd assumed YaBB was yet another PHP / MySQL system. I'll check it out and see what it has to offer. By the way, I don't have anything against SQL databases. I thought it would be a more interesting challenge to make the system self contained. Steven.	[reply]
Re^2: perlBB project by jZed (Prior) on Jan 17, 2007 at 19:55 UTC
As davidrw pointed out above the two things "using a db" and "make the system self contained" are not mutually exclusive. SQLite is self-contained in DBD::SQLite and doesn't require any extra installs though it does need to be compiled for the platform of choice. DBD::AnyData and its prereqs are pure-perl so don't require either compliation or installation of a separate db server. Both of those would allow you to distribute a self-contained, working package but also allow the user to opt to connect it to a separate standalone db server if desired.	[reply]
Re: perlBB project by diotalevi (Canon) on Jan 17, 2007 at 05:56 UTC
What's to recommend it over phpBB? ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]
Re^2: perlBB project by Anonymous Monk on Jan 17, 2007 at 08:18 UTC
You mean YaBB?	[reply]