Request for Comments: Apache2::ASP v1.15

Monks,

A few weeks ago I announced Apache2::ASP to you.

Since then much has changed. Aside from what you might expect with any web framework (session management, request abstraction, etc.) you also get the following:

Single point of configuration via the $Config object.
Offline testing mode and the ability to use Devel::Cover to produce code-coverage analysis.
Online testing via Apache::Test.
Subclassable ASP engine allows for future extensibility.
Improved documentation and the beginings of a Manual.

At this time I would really appreciate it if someone would take a look and give it some constructive criticism. Specifically:

What would make Apache2::ASP better?
What did I do wrong? How could it be done better?
Why would you use Apache2::ASP?
Why wouldn't you use Apache2::ASP?

Thanks!

Comment on Request for Comments: Apache2::ASP v1.15

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Re: Request for Comments: Apache2::ASP v1.15 by clinton (Priest) on Jul 05, 2007 at 07:52 UTC
Hi John I don't know how complicated your config gets, but you may want to try incorporating my module ~~Config::Loader~~ Config::Merge, which will allow you to: store your data in any of XML, YAML, JSON, INI, Perl, Config::Any break your data up into separate files in a config directory tree, for easier maintenance have a defined policy for overriding data locally, eg for working safely in dev vs in production Clint Update: Updated the module name to reflect its new name	[reply]
Re^2: Request for Comments: Apache2::ASP v1.15 by jdrago_999 (Hermit) on Jul 06, 2007 at 01:40 UTC
The config is fairly simple at this point. Just a few settings plus dsn's for Application state and Session state managers, as well as a dsn for your application itself (i.e. Class::DBI or DBIx::Class). Since the Apache2::ASP::GlobalConfig and Apache2::ASP::Config classes are subclassable, one could simply subclass one or the other (depending) to add any desired features (such as a Config::Loader facade). Thanks for taking a look.	[reply]