[Chicago-talk] October Presentation: The Mighty Mason, or Another Brick in the Wall

[Scott T. Hildreth]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 16:53, jason scott gessner wrote:
> The Mighty Mason, or Another Brick in the Wall
> 
> What is Mason?  The secretive cult that rules the world?  How about the
> web application framework that will rock your world? 
> 
> HTML::Mason [1] is the web application framework behind Bricolage [2],
> Amazon and Salon.com [3] to drop a few names.


  And Request Tracker.... to drop another name.
> 
> On Wednesday, October 6th, i will be presenting a talk on Mason at the
> Chicago Perl Mongers meeting.  The meeting will not be at our normal
> location in Vernon Hills.  It will be at the Grayslake Public Library
> [4], north of Chicago, at 7PM.  Thanks to JT, we have what sounds like a
> great place to meet.  Please be punctual as we will need to be packed up
> by 8:45.
> 
> The talk will focus on HTML::Mason and show a practical example on how
> to take an existing CGI based web application and convert it to
> efficiently use (some of) the power of Mason.  I will have code samples
> and the presentation slides posted here by Tuesday, October 5th.
> 
> Basic Outline:
> *  What is HTML::Mason?
>     *  How do i use it?
>     * Installation
>     * Basic Syntax
>     * Express Yourself.
> *  Why do i need to use some fancy framework?
>     * Re-use/Don't Repeat Yourself
>     * Make the simple things simple, and hard things possible.
> *  Mason tips
>     * The Autohandler
>     * The dhandler
>     * Components
> *  A practical example.
> 
> If anyone has anything specific they would like me to talk about, please
> let me know.
> 
> [1] Mason Headquarters - http://www.masonhq.com/
> [2] Bricolage Content Management System - http://www.bricolage.cc/
> [3] Salon Magazine - http://www.salon.com/
> [4] Grayslake Public Library -
> http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&q=public+library&near=Grayslake,+IL&oi=locald&radius=0.0&latlng=42344444,-88041666,9447143882481584293">
> 
> 
> -jason scott gessner
>     jason at multiply.org
> 
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