I agree with Randolf,
I have watched a number of projects move away from mod_perl - often to
Dancer/
Catalyst etc and then they ask can I do X, Y or Z...
I say "if you were using mod_perl you could do that easily" but usually
find the tool chain for
doing something similar in Dancer or Catalyst is infinitely more
complex, because you can't
simply add a handler here or an output filter there. You can do this
with chained middleware
in Dancer but it is not that easy to implement...
The main thing with mod_perl is - as long as Apache doesn't mess around
with the core HTTPD
interface (like they did with 2.4) then there isn't anything much that
needs changing - because
it is good solid and just works... If it ain't broke then it doesn't
need changing.
I probably use more "pure" mod_perl - no registry scripts here thank
you! - and hook into the
apache process at about 7- 8 places to handle users, templating,
diagnostics, optimisation etc
On 14/08/2015 18:51, Randolf Richardson wrote:
Hello,
I wanted to enquire about the status of mod_perl, since there is largely an
impression it is end of life. The project site also does not say much. I
see many of the mod_perl shops now moving to perl Dancer/Mojolicious etc.
or going the Java way.
I'm still using mod_perl to develop new web sites. The most recent
one I've published is called the "atheist Blog Roll" and it uses a
PostgreSQL database in the back-end:
http://www.atheistblogroll.com/
There are other projects on my horizon that continue to be developed
in mod_perl, and they range from simple web sites to fully
interactive projects.
When there is a need for a client-side application, I use Java
because I only have to write the code once to gain support on
multiple Operating Systems (e.g., Unix/Linux, Windows, MacOS), and if
it needs to interact with a web site, then I typically use mod_perl
for that end of things.
For one of the projects I'm working on (which is not ready for
public consumption quite yet), I've also written a WHOIS server using
mod_perl (which listens on TCP port 43, and responds to queries based
on its findings in PostgreSQL) to facilitate public membership record
lookups (only for the portions that will be publicly accessible).
What is the future of mod_perl beyond mod_perl 2.0? What is the upgrade
path recommended by the mod_perl veterans?
When I upgrade, I'm normally installing new server hardware and so I
migrate sites over one at a time, and resolve any API change
requirements before promoting the new server to production (followed
by log file merges after switching servers and traffic to the old
servers cease).
Regards,
Ashish
Randolf Richardson - rand...@inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/
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