[Van-pm] January van.pm meeting

[Luke Closs]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 09:21:01PM +0000, mock wrote:
> > Catalyst is already passe.  Jifty is what all the cool kids are using
> > now (it's true - I asked them).
> > 
> > Having said that, I still think any Catalyst talk would be
> > interesting... :)
> > 
> > Also, I've been talking with GSAR about his talk.  He's not sure what
> > he should present on that will be interesting.  Does anyone have ideas
> > or requests?
> > 
> > Luke
> > 
> 
> Dammit, now I have to completely start from scratch again, just for the 
> coolness points ;).
> 
> On further review, HTML::Mason is teh sukc, and so by extension must Jifty, 
> despite its cool kid credentials.  Of course that may just be my irrational
> hatred of Mason caused by The Evils of Putting Code in Content (caps intended
> since this should be the name of a book).

Yeah, my preference is for TT over HTML::Mason.  I wish Jifty used it.

> Just for my own curiousity, how much familiarity with Catalyst do people have
> who plan to attend?  I had originally planned a slide that said something like
> "This is Catalyst, and it is good." but I can make that two or even three 
> slides if there is much bafflement all around.  They may even say different
> things, if there is a perceived real need for explanation of Catalyst's 
> goodness.

I've created some prototypes using Catalyst, but nothing through to
completion.

I'm also interested in effectively unit testing catalyst apps (TDD?)
so I hope you can cover that in your presentation.

Luke

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Luke Closs
PureMessage Developer 
There is always time to juggle in the Sophos Zone.