On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 12:47 -0800, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: > I have to just rant a bit about that. The most difficult thing about > catalyst is trying to learn dbic. I love dbic and how clean it can make > working with the data layer but because of the documentation its hard to > wrap ur head around to just fully know how it works and what to expect. > I am not a full time web developer so I use catalyst for about a week or > two then work on other projects then go back to catalyst a few weeks > later and realize I need to re-learn all the dbic stuff again. The > simple stuff is easy but the many to many is poorly documented in my > opinion so it makes grasping that concept a little hard. I know for the > life of me I can't ever remember how to setup the relationships for many > to many tables and I need to look at old files then read the docs then > test it out then relook at everything again. > > Maybe the examples just need some more schema examples because the cd > example is too simple so its hard to see how it could be used in more > complex situtations. Thats just my rant from a perl guy who is a > catalyst beginner.
I think the book takes a pretty good approach with DBIx::Class. Chapter 5 really covers the "advanced" stuff, and the rest shows you how to use it in simple CRUD applications. But, kd and I were planning on writing a better tutorial. When he's back from vacation, we'll get started... maybe that will help everyone out. Regards, Jonathan Rockway
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