[Chicago-talk] Dreamweaver perl and mysql

[Richard Reina]

Your response if good. It's that I don't really understand what a framework
is. I've built a website with dreamweaver (without knowing any html). Now I
would just like to build another small site that links to a MySQL database.
I see a lot of people use php but since I already know perl and DBI I
figured I could go that route. I'm just confused about what these
frameworks are (catalyst, mojolicious, dancer) and how they fit in. Maybe I
can hire a reasonably priced tutor ;)


2015-07-29 15:34 GMT-05:00 Alan Mead <amead2 at alanmead.org>:

>  Well, I don't want to discourage you (or be a jerk) but when you state
> that you "don't know HTML" it seems like any web-based project is going to
> be way, way, way over your head.
>
> There are a million ways to accomplish the site you want.  Using a
> framework would be better for many people, but you'd have to learn the
> framework.  If you want to learn as little as possible, then you might want
> to make some simple CGI scripts but that approach will require learning
> about how Apache works (at least a bit). You could also use PHP.
>
> -Alan
>
>
>
> On 7/29/2015 3:14 PM, Richard Reina wrote:
>
> Wow just took a look at catalyst. Seems easier to just stick with
> Dreamweaver and access my MySQL tables with php -- if you are saying I
> can't do so with perl.
>
>
>
> 2015-07-29 12:52 GMT-05:00 Alan Mead <amead2 at alanmead.org>:
>
>>  Richard,
>>
>> You'll need to learn enough HTML to transform your Dreamweaver output
>> files into templates. There are many ways to do this but you probably want
>> a framework like Mojolicious or Catalyst.  I see that the Catalyst tutorial
>> includes the kind of website you want to build (as "CRUD"):
>>
>> https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial
>> https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::04_BasicCRUD
>>
>> I'm also sure you could do this using Mojolicious.  But, again, you're
>> SOL unless you're willing to learn how to work with these technologies.
>>
>> -Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/29/2015 11:55 AM, Richard Reina wrote:
>>
>>   I do not know HTML. I have created a website with dreamweaver that
>> mostly just looks pretty and and jumps to different pages on a site. I have
>> also written a database app with perl->MySQL that users on a small LAN can
>> use to enter and query data. However, it is displayed on linux consoles
>> using rudimentary menu apps based on curses. I would like to create a
>> website that would allow users to enter and query data from MySQL databases
>> and carry out functions such as updating users via email when changes are
>> made. Since I don't know HTML or Apache can I just use dreamweaver and
>> somehow enter perl code to talk to MySQL? Or is there a better and easier
>> way for me to go about this?
>>
>>  Thanks for any ideas.
>>
>>  Richard
>>
>>
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