John's book has been very useful, and still is, as I'm now using it as a reference, even though as others have pointed out it's more of a tutorial than a reference.
Still, there are some topics I wish they were covered at more depth: the fundamental stuff and the more advanced stuff. Fundamental: knowledge of TT and DBIx::Class are needed to really take advantage of catalyst. While there is a book on TT, afaik there is none on DBIx::Class. I know that those are independent projects and it is possible to use catalyst with other views and ORMs, but this two are the de facto standards in this community. OTH I prefer thin books, so maybe, what I'm actually asking for is a DBIx::Class book :) Advanced: AJAX and forms. dynamic web pages are more than hot web topics. There are many options available for catalyst, and none of them seem nearly as "standard" as TT or DBIC, so it would be nice to have a book explaining the different options for building complex interactive forms. Since those are in fact hot topics there is a lot of literature that covers them, I just don't know how relevant they are when it comes to developing with catalyst. If there are relevant books I'd be happy to hear about them. On Feb 18, 2008 7:17 PM, Matt S Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since a fair few of you will now have John's book, I figured it was time > to ask what you'd want from a second book. > > I guess the existing one provides a pretty good tutorial style, so we > should > be looking at something more in-depth / intermediate to advanced. > > What do you guys think? > > -- > Matt S Trout Need help with your Catalyst or DBIx::Class > project? > Technical Director > http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/ > Shadowcat Systems Ltd. Want a managed development or deployment > platform? > http://chainsawblues.vox.com/ > http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/servers/ > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ >
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