[kw-pm] March Talk this Thursday: Catalyst Web Framework

Erich J. Ritzmann ejritz at genema.org
Mon Mar 14 16:38:04 PDT 2011


I've just started playing with DBI, which I am finding the coolest thing I've done in a while.  Catalyst could overwhelm based on the run-up.

On 2011-03-14, at 12:55 PM, Justin Wheeler wrote:

> Catalyst really isn't just another web frame work.  It's huge.  The contributors list is massive, its development is ongoing, its feature list is massive, and it is easily the largest perl based framework in existence today in terms of number of installs, number of shops actively using it in development, and interest.
> 
> I'd say it's even a part of a resurgence in perl5 land I'm witnessing lately.  There are real (massive) websites out there running on Catalyst, and it's pretty awesome.
> 
> Justin
> 
> On 14/03/11 11:30 AM, Daniel R. Allen wrote:
>> Happy Pi Day!
>> 
>> The March KW Perl Mongers talk, this Thursday, is on the super-powerful
>> Catalyst web framework (http://www.catalystframework.org/), presented by
>> dnm.  Hope you can make it!
>> 
>> If you're not sure you need to learn about yet another web framework, here
>> are some user comments I nabbed from the catalyst site:
>> 
>> ---
>> First let me say how cool Catalyst is. I've only just started playing with
>> it, but I like what I see so far! Great job, guys. Big respect to everyone
>> involved.
>> -- Andy Wardley
>> 
>> Catalyst brings some serious web development mojo to Perl. For a long time
>> I stuck with Perl because of CPAN but thought other languages provided
>> better frameworks and were leaving Perl behind. No more with Catalyst.
>> -- John Wang
>> ---
>> 
>> As usual, pizza and pop/water are provided, sponsored by $anonymous,
>> and various details can be found on our webpage at http://kw.pm.org/
>> 
>> We are meeting in our usual location, DC 3323, at 7pm.
>> 
>> Any questions, give a shout; either on this list, or irc.perl.org,
>> channel #uc
>> 
>> -Daniel
>> 
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