Dear Frank, many thanks for your encouragement to delve into Maypole, and especially for your kind offer to help.
I am absolutely convinced that it will pay manyfold despite the steep learning curve. I have just yesterday begun to read the more recent article by Simon that is from a beginner's view like mine a bit misnomed as "Tutorial" because it silently predicates on too many prerequisites. As already said, I haven't had any exposure to the Template::Toolkit for instance so far, to name but one of the prerequisites. So I guess I will have to criss-cross read a lot of PODs while experimenting. But I trust that my command of Perl itself will suffice. As Simon wrote in his article, Maypole should be seen as far more than a mere database interface. But this very basic application I think lends itself much better to get started. So I thought to get a smooth intro that I could set up a small database (MySQL or Informix) of our servers or similar hardware, and wrap that in a Maypole application. As you mentioned Catalyst. What's the difference to Maypole? Which has the wider user base? Which of the two would you recommend for a beginner's project? Many Greetings from Berlin to Down-Under Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Carnovale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:36 PM > To: Grothe, Ralph; Maypole-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Ian van der Poel > Subject: perl vs php vs java > > > Dear Ralph, > > I was very impressed with the words you wrote about Perl, that Ian > copied to me. > I felt the same as you several years back, and since then have been > invovled in several application development projects using > both Maypole > and Catalyst. > > Even thought there is a big learning curve, it's worth it. We have > used both the above frameworks with great success in real > world projects > here in Australia. If you like, I am happy to answer any particular > questions you may have. > > Ich wunsche dir viel Glueck in learning these frameworks. I > can assure > you that it is superior to anything that the PHP or the Java > guys have > come up with. > > regards > > Frank Carnovale. > > > > FYI - Some very true words spoken here. > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 30/10/06 9:50 pm >>> > >> > Hello Maypole Users, > > I've just joined your mailing list. > > Though I'm not a webdeveloper but merely a sysadmin who is > plagued with a plethora of Java based application servers > (tomcat, jboss, weblogic etc.) which are a steady cause for > keeping us Unix admins entertained, > I've long been searching a Perl based web application server. > This is because, first of all I simply love Perl, and second > because from all my gruesome (admin) experience > with missbehaving Java and PHP based web application servers, I > am contrary to popular beleive absolutely convinced > that Perl is a much more appropiate language for the purpose, not > to mention impact it would have > on simplifying the administration for the average Perl-gnostic > Unix admin. > > I haven't yet read much about Maypole. > Therefore I wanted to print excerpts from the online > documentation > on the project's home page for later perusal in public transport > or at home. > Sadly I only could print the 1st page of any online doc, > and I didn't find a doc tarball or similar for download > (n.b. my user agent is Firefox) > > Regards > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Maypole-users mailing list Maypole-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maypole-users
