[TriLUG] Catalyst framework

[Owen]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:12:22PM -0500, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Owen wrote:
> > Thanks, Mike. And if I didn't *have* to work in Perl ...??
> > 
> > What are the negative things people say? All I've seen so far is the
> > complexity of the installation due to the number of modules.
> 
> I just recently started using Catalyst, moving away from 
> CGI::Application.  I've been using C::A for several years and switched 
> to Catalyst to get some of the built-in features such as login/logout 
> management, etc.

I'm in the same situation ... been using CGI::Application, but finding
that I'm basically growing my own framework, which is slow going.

> The biggest hurdle I've faced is the large number of module 
> dependencies, and it seems like just about every Catalyst addon or 
> plugin module I start using brings its own set of additional perl module 
> dependencies.  These issues are being addressed by the introduction of 
> CPAN Tasks that cover the modules needed for a base Catalyst install.

If you're able to answer this question, it could be really helpful.  How
did you install this in a production environment? Our sysadmins prefer
to install from RPM's rather from CPAN, even if the RPM's are from one
of those well known but unofficial sites. I see that there are some
RPM's out there for a runtime environment. Is that the way you're going?

Thanks,
Owen