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<P><FONT SIZE=2>david nicol wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Garrett Goebel wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Did we do this?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>print [qw(david cj teal michael andy stephen)]->[int(rand()*7)]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>result: teal</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Congratulations Teal, I'll remember to bring the mug to the next meeting this time ;)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>david nicol wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Garrett Goebel wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > not easy, possible.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The AxS::Session module looks completely promising! I have been</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> imagining extending it to use the AIS single-sign-on system. Some</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> kind of persistence framework needs to be available though, for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> storing data by session-ID. Which also would give a better way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to handle POST data when someone with no session submits some.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>My intentions were to use Cache::Cache. Tnen go back and rework it to play nicer with other persistence mechanisms.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm going to post to the mod_perl mailing list to float the idea from the meeting and solicit alternative ideas for dealing with the POST data. See if anyone else has already invented a rounder wheel for this problem...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Garrett Goebel</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>IS Development Specialist </FONT>
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