Re: mod_perl website structure

I am trying to use mod_perl to create a website.

Why? How did you reach that decision?

I am finding the documentation online to be quite technical and am having trouble answering some basic questions.

That is called a red flag :) an alarm bell :)

Forget about mod_perl for the moment and start making a list of things you're trying to accomplish

Then devote a day to looking for existing software that satisfies your goals

Good reading material in no particular order: http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/index.html; http://www.masonbook.com/; http://modperlbook.org/html/index.html; http://mojolicio.us/perldoc/Mojolicious/Guides/Cookbook; http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Catalyst::Manual::Cookbook; http://p3rl.org/Dancer::Cookbook
slightly weaker material, but there be gold in them hills, dig for more: Web Application design patterns with Mod_perl; Reflections on the design of a pure-Moose web app...; mod_perl web app design considerations

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Re^2: mod_perl website structure by shiftee (Initiate) on Oct 13, 2011 at 16:11 UTC
Thanks, I am in college and want to try using a new technology, I would also prefer using perl for other back-end work and export functions, My requirements are a quite basic database front-end so there should be no real issue there. I have put together a small site here but I was only guessing really at how it should be put together. The script figures out what to do by parsing the passed url. If I use cookies and server side incudes would the code be acceptable?? I have also thought about using Mason but I feel I should try doing a small site myself first. Basically I have a feeling that I am wasting enormous amounts of time because I am am missing how the pages should go together. I am looking into server side includes at the moment, it looks promising	[reply]

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Re^2: mod_perl website structure
by shiftee (Initiate) on Oct 13, 2011 at 16:11 UTC

Thanks, I am in college and want to try using a new technology, I would also prefer using perl for other back-end work and export functions,

My requirements are a quite basic database front-end so there should be no real issue there.

I have put together a small site here but I was only guessing really at how it should be put together. The script figures out what to do by parsing the passed url. If I use cookies and server side incudes would the code be acceptable??

I have also thought about using Mason but I feel I should try doing a small site myself first.

Basically I have a feeling that I am wasting enormous amounts of time because I am am missing how the pages should go together. I am looking into server side includes at the moment, it looks promising

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