At 01:58 PM 11/14/00 +0100, Robin Berjon wrote:
>At 11:22 14/11/2000 +0100, Stas Bekman wrote:
> >Just as with TPC our aim is to have a full double room track for mod_perl
> >for all 3 days. So make sure that you submit enough mod_perl material, so
> >we will have it full.
>
>I have some experience speaking before a crowd at conferences (though not
>at technical ones) or on stage and I think I know mod_perl enough to be
>able to write about several aspects of using it. The one thing I'm missing
>is inspiration :) Are there any subjects that desperatly beg to be talked
>about but have no writer/speaker ?
Speaking on just what I'd like to see... but my tastes may be a bit eclectic.
I'd like to see a talk on templating systems and mod_perl. Hint to whomever
is watching. :)
Actually I suspect case studies would be good.
I'd also be very interested in performance benchmarks related to some of
the more sophisticated techniques people talk about (eg using IPC vs files
for storing shared data).
I'd love a talk on mod_rewrite. But that's not really mod_perl, and maybe
Ralf himself should give it. I know it's a bit of an old module, but it's
also pretty magical even still.
I'd also like to see more talks on engineering. The mod_backhand talk is
great, but what about a good solid comparison about the other solutions.
What's the performance between mod_backhands proxying and straight
mod_rewrite rotational load balancing?
Maybe a case study on developing huge sites on mod_perl. I imagine the
system Ask works on would be an interesting engineering case study with
real world benchmarks.
I'd also love to see an as objective as possible talk comparing the
mod_perl 1.0 and 2.0 architectures to the Apache Java Servlet/JSP stuff.
And maybe some performance comparisons for simple stuff written in both.
Not too many people use both Java and Perl and I think most people don't
really understand how or where one should/could be used over the other.
Later,
Gunther
