Catalyst: Accelerating Perl Web Application Development
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847190952 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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David Cross said Very Disappointing. Catalyst is a flexible and powerful framework for writing web-based applications in Perl. But with power and flexibility you'll always get a certain amount of complexity and on the occasions that I have looked at Catalyst for a project, the complexity has got the better of me and I've always turned to a less complex (and therefore less flexible and powerful) system. I knew that Catalyst was something that I should take the time to learn, but it always seemed like such a daunting task.For that reason, I was really looking forward to reading this book. I'm the kind of person who learns best from reading a book and I . "Should have been better" according to JN. As someone commented that this is slightly better than the free docs. Importantly, the book isn't worth $Should have been better As someone commented that this is slightly better than the free docs. Importantly, the book isn't worth $35. For someone who knew Perl and doesn't have a background on MVC, the book isn't a good starting point. The book doesn't explain any MVC basics before jumping onto code.The nice thing about the book is, it makes you write your first application using Catalyst at almost no time and the downside being even though you don't understand much on what's going on You would still need your online docs handy and do your ground work to write your app.. 5. For someone who knew Perl and doesn't have a background on MVC, the book isn't a good starting point. The book doesn't explain any MVC basics before jumping onto code.The nice thing about the book is, it makes you write your first application using Catalyst at almost no time and the downside being even though you don't understand much on what's going on You would still need your online docs handy and do your ground work to write your app.. Amazon Customer said Errors Make this a disapointing work. Working through the code in this book is tedious. First the code is no longer available on the book site and second what is printed in the book is full of errors. One path left out a subdirectory. A piece of the code had the word Catalyst in it instead of just the letter c: [% Catalyst.uri_for(:/address/add/$person.id")There are other things wrong with that line but this is not an errata sheet for the book.Perhaps these things are at the book site, there does seem to be a large errata section there.There are some insights in the book but it is sadly marred by a lack of support and the errors it contains.
In his spare time, he maintains a collection of modules on the CPAN and tries to speak at as many Perl conferences as possible. . He now works as a software developer at Infinity Interactive. He became professionally involved with Perl when he was a desktop support minion at the University of Chicago and inherited a mod_perl application. About the Author Jonathan Rockway, a member of the Catalyst Core Team, has been programming Perl since his middle-school years
If you are excited by Ruby on Rails but would like the features of Rails with the familiarity of Perl, pick this book and get started.. This book is for web developers with basic Perl skills who are new to Catalyst. Design, develop, test, and deploy applications with the open-source MVC Catalyst framework
In his spare time, he maintains a collection of modules on the CPAN and tries to speak at as many Perl conferences as possible. . Jonathan Rockway, a member of the Catalyst Core Team, has been programming Perl since his middle-school years. He became professionally involved with Perl when he was a desktop support minion at the University of Chicago and inherited a mod