>> Given the many frameworks available just within Perl (ignoring other >> options like Ruby on Rails) it seems like what users need is some >> kind >> of "decision tree" that asks questions like "How many web >> developers are >> there?" and "Will you make use of a SQL database?" -- and at the >> bottom >> of this tree is the suggested framework to use. :-) > > Well, I don't think the decision's are nearly that clear cut. > Ultimately, > it's pretty subjective. > > I tell people to use Catalyst mostly because _I like_ Catalyst. It's > not > the best web framework ever, and other people may prefer the > competition. > > However, I do think that using some sort of controller is pretty > crucial > to having a maintainable webapp, and using Mason as your controller > is not > a good idea. >
I think the last bit (using Mason as your controller) is also subjective. True, dhandlers and autohandlers and so on are underpowered compared with today's frameworks, but they are also dead simple to use and work just fine for some web sites. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
