Isn't it funny,, before I knew of cgi::application I was happily working away writing cgi scripts the old way..
now I think its the most useful module I have come across thus far. nice to meet the author. With regards to GUI/CGI I have always found it slighly ironic that with the exception of sessions and stuff.. its easier to write a web app then it often is to write a gui app.... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Erlbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 28 December 2002 3:08 AM To: 'Franki'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cgiapp] OT: is there a package like CGI::Application for GUI TK/win32::GUI apps?? Hi Frank -- > I have to create a GUI app to allow our data entry guys to > put data in the DB that the webapp uses. Is there any package > that provides similiar benefits to GUI apps that > CGI::Application offers to CGI scripts? I don't know if there is a similar framework for making GUI apps in Perl, but you might be interested in learning that it was GUI development strategies which initially inspired me to make CGI::Application. GUI applications, like CGI applications are event-driven finite state machines. Very often, a system of call-backs are used to implement controls such as buttons or drop-down menus. It was exactly this structure which I recognized as being very similar to the needs of web-applications. The core thesis behind CGI::Application is that interactive web applications are actually finite state machines. It is no surprise that you notice similarities between this and the needs of GUI applications. TTYL, -Jesse- -- Jesse Erlbaum The Erlbaum Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 212-684-6161 Fax: 212-684-6226 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
