> > Great site, Randolph--thanks for the link. I'm glad to know > /mod_perl[2]?/ is still in vogue. I'm about to start using it on my > web site: > > https://usafa-1965.org >
I have been using mod_perl now for approx 12-15 years now and it seems to be getting better and better. I have looked at other frameworks, and development languages - but I can never seem to find anything as neat and structured as mod_perl - although I do (and have to speak in hushed tones at work) do quiet a lot of development in PHP - although I do properly code in it most of the time - rather than lots of hacky scripts. I'm trying to get round to open source, my latest frame work Pagesmith, which we use at work to get a whole plethora of sites out, the core of the system is mod_perl which allows for a rapid deployment of robust websites. It doesn't use Registry and CGI - it is "pure" mod_perl, make extensive use of handlers and (output) filters. But none of the clean way it's coded would be possible without the power of mod_perl to allow me to hook into the Apache process at all the right places! I think Pagesmith is possibly unique as it is really a helper framework - you can actually code web-pages in CGI, PHP, ruby, mod_perl/Registry, Java (and we have pages running in 4, or even on alternative machines through mod_proxy, on top of raw "pagesmith" pages, and use many of the benefits of the framework: * Two stage templating (along better "caching" of pages) * Dynamic components (including easy methods to enable "ajaxifying" * A parallel JS/CSS framework which works in conjunction with the mod_perl to add functionality to the pages - tables, tabs, accordions, ajax, form validation without using the core of the framework. Additionally it comes with a whole host of support code, a full web-publishing system with sandbox, auto updating dev, staging and live machines, backed by SVN, with full code quality checks - all committed perl MUST pass brutal perl critic (now that was a challenge for someone who didn't see eye-to-eye with some of the definitions). Diagnostic scripts, remote server management... Some of the sample sites are: http://www.cancerrxgene.org/ http://www.sanger.ac.uk/ http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/ (although this needs some work to improve the code quality) http://www.genes2cognition.org/ More information is on my blog which is really about neat code that is being added etc: http://wp.sanger.ac.uk/pagesmith I intend to open source it later in the year - I have just spend 3 months - seperating the core code from the institute specific code! James -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.
