Hi there, On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Leif K-Brooks wrote:
> I'm thinking about starting a new web project in Perl, and I'm not sure > what to use: You haven't said what OS you're going to be using so I'll assume Linux or something similar. First you should probably upgrade to the latest version of Perl (5.8.2) if you haven't already. I'd recommend that you compile it yourself, as I would all the other tools. Assuming you're going for mod_perl, the first decision to be made is whether to use version 1 or version 2. Both versions of Apache are stable but mod_perl version 2 (or 1.99_xx as it's often known) is still in the early stages of its development so you may not want to get involved with any of that. Having said that, a lot of people are using it with no problems. I'm not using it yet, and I don't intend to until it's more stable. If you use version 2 of mod_perl, go for the latest CVS version. Don't use any version that was included in one of the Linux distributions. Use the latest released version of Apache whether it's version 1 or version 2. If you use version 1 of mod_perl get the latest released version - no need to go to CVS. > Apache::Registry, or something else? My advice would be don't use Apache::Registry for anything new. > I don't have any existing CGI scripts to port, so I only care about > ease of use, power Use handlers. Ease of use and power trade against each other a little. > and speed. If you really want speed use Squid, code in C and buy more hardware. :) If you can formulate your requirements more clearly we might be able to help you better in that area. 73, Ged. -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html
