Jim Helm wrote: > > This isn't specific to Apache:ASP, but I've seen a lot of good advice > here, and hopefully someone has already been through this. > > I was just wondering if anyone had used/knows of anything for perl > similar to phpLens. I haven't actually used it, but it looks pretty > impressive. I'd prefer to stick with perl, though. I've searched > through CPAN, and on google, and haven't found anything obviously like > phpLens for perl, but there's a lot out there and I may have just missed > it. The closest I think I've seen so far is DBIx::HTMLView, but it's > only for mySQL and mSQL (needs some extra coding for other DBD drivers - > I think). >
I have always rolled by own application by application, but my apps have always had to be pretty tight to the database for high performance with mixed OLAP/OLTP environments. If you feel that RAD does not have to be GUI RAD, I might look at these: CGI::FormBuilder ( promises 4x code reduction ) DBIx::XHTML_Table If you want something closer do the database, and don't mind doing your own HTML, check out: DBIx::Recordset Alzabo They at least abstract DBI slightly away from you. > all the bells and whistles of phpLens - though they would be nice. And > I need to be able to make updates - simply displaying data is fairly > trivial, and I wouldn't need to ask for tools to do that - they are a phpLens looks nice. You you want something that is more of a CMS in perl, you can try Bricolage or Mason: http://bricolage.thepirtgroup.com/ http://www.masonhq.com/ Sorry, I don't think any of these quite hit it on the head for you, but I thought I'd try! Best of luck, and if you find anything interesting please share it with the rest of us, as it seems to be a fairly common problem. Also, you might try the mod_perl list & I am sure you will get some opinions :) --Josh _________________________________________________________________ Joshua Chamas Chamas Enterprises Inc. NodeWorks Founder Huntington Beach, CA USA http://www.nodeworks.com 1-714-625-4051 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
