[Catalyst] HTML encoding parameters
Hi. Please forgive me if this is an easy one. It's late and I haven't found any mention of it. I'd like to encode form fields so that only the standard bold, italic, underline, list, etc. are allowed and and script, style, etc. tags are encoded. Also, I'd like to only let the base tags through and no attributes so setting an onmouseover in a paragraph is encoded. Basically I'm trying to avoid XSS and other nastiness. Is there a module that does this to all parameters at once? Do i simply need to do it to each paramter I accept? For now I've been adding the html filter in my Template Toolkit templates, but that's a pain and relies on each output field filtering. I'd like to encode before storing the data in the database so it's safe no matter how it's presented. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, bill___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] Using git to manage VERSION and Changes
Trying again since I didn't see it come through... Hi. Anyone out there using git with a Catalyst app have git managing the updates to Changes or the VERSION variable in MyApp/lib/MyApp.pm ? If so, can you share your method? Thanks, bill (wbhauck.com) http://www.projecttasktodo.org ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] Using git to manage VERSION and Changes
Hi. Anyone out there using git with a Catalyst app have git managing the updates to Changes or the VERSION variable in MyApp/lib/MyApp.pm ? If so, can you share your method? Thanks, bill (wbhauck.com) http://www.projecttasktodo.org ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] ProjectTaskToDo: open source project management system
John, Not at all. In fact, the more mentioning of it the better. It won't be useful to people if they don't know about it. Cheers, bill On Sunday, February 16, 2014 8:31 PM, John Napiorkowski jjn1...@yahoo.com wrote: Bill, Looks great, mind if I mention it on my blog? John On Saturday, February 15, 2014 3:30 PM, bill hauck wbha...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi. So I've finally gotten enough time to put out a version of my project management system, ProjectTaskToDo. I've put the code out on GitHub at https://github.com/wbhauck/ProjectTaskToDo.git I'm releasing it under the Affero GPL. It's beta software and some things don't work well, others don't work at all. I'm fixing bugs and cleaning code as quickly as possible. But I wanted to post this now in the hopes that some folks might take a peek at it and give some suggestions and general feedback. This is my first open source project so please be kind. Be honest, but gentle. :) Cheers, bill ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] ProjectTaskToDo: open source project management system
Hi. So I've finally gotten enough time to put out a version of my project management system, ProjectTaskToDo. I've put the code out on GitHub at https://github.com/wbhauck/ProjectTaskToDo.git I'm releasing it under the Affero GPL. It's beta software and some things don't work well, others don't work at all. I'm fixing bugs and cleaning code as quickly as possible. But I wanted to post this now in the hopes that some folks might take a peek at it and give some suggestions and general feedback. This is my first open source project so please be kind. Be honest, but gentle. :) Cheers, bill___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] Calling controller/action based on parameter
Hi. I've been struggling with the best way to accomplish a somewhat simple task: direct to a specific controller/action based on a code in the uri. My site is (going to be) a comprehensive entertainment database covering movies, tv shows, books, comics, graphic novels, and even games and posters. Each media type has it's own code... +-++-+ | id | name | description | +-++-+ | mov | Movie | NULL | | tvs | TV Series | NULL | | hbo | HBO | NULL | | mgz | Magazine | NULL | | bok | Book | NULL | | bbd | Billboard | NULL | | gcd | Greeting Card | NULL | | ptr | Poster | NULL | | pcd | Post Card | NULL | | web | Website | NULL | | tvm | TV Movie | NULL | | stv | Straight to Video | NULL | | tms | TV Miniseries | NULL | | tve | TV Episode | NULL | and so on. While not a media type I also code persons as prn. So my url's currently look like /media_type/id ... Movies ... Tron: http://www.pausetosee.com/mov/movez9zbefv1fzaq Event Horizon: http://www.pausetosee.com/mov/mov1ufub4zg1mp2j TV Episodes ... Sons of Anarchy : The Pull: http://www.pausetosee.com/tve/tve28or7cin210v3 Chicago Fire : A Problem House: http://www.pausetosee.com/tve/tveeoz58rafdccn5 Persons ... Robert Downey Jr.: http://www.pausetosee.com/person/prniffqosbaj0h2n Ron Perlman: http://www.pausetosee.com/person/prnn7ivdbdq8808p What I'd like to do is have the system direct to the proper controller and action based on the 3 character code in the ID ... Tron: http://www.pausetosee.com/movez9zbefv1fzaq Event Horizon: http://www.pausetosee.com/mov1ufub4zg1mp2j TV Episodes ... Sons of Anarchy : The Pull: http://www.pausetosee.com/tve28or7cin210v3 Chicago Fire : A Problem House: http://www.pausetosee.com/tveeoz58rafdccn5 Persons ... Robert Downey Jr.: http://www.pausetosee.com/prniffqosbaj0h2n Ron Perlman: http://www.pausetosee.com/prnn7ivdbdq8808p Any suggestions on how to do this? I'm toying with a large switch statement in the root controller and visiting the appropriate controller/action based on the parameter. Is this right? Does Catalyst provide a way to accomplish this either easier or cleaner? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, bill http://wbhauck.com ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Name suggestions for a project management system
Stupid Yahoo only lets me top-post ... Would you believe there's already a Taskcat iPhone app ... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taskcat/id519986368?mt=8 And guess what the mascot is! Yep, it's a cat. :( But thanks for the suggestion. It's one reason I was thinking of just going with TaskMaster; since every other name I can think of is taken and there are already a few TaskMaster's what's one more? Again, suggestions are appreciated. From: Kamen Naydenov pa...@kamennn.eu To: bill hauck wbha...@yahoo.com; The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 3:53 AM Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Name suggestions for a project management system On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 4:10 AM, bill hauck wbha...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi. Not exactly a Catalyst question ... I'm building a Catalyst-based project management system and I'd like to release it as open source under the AGPL. However, originally I named it MCP after Master Control in Tron. I noticed it's also an operating system name from Burroughs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_MCP). Naming it MCP is probably not a good idea. So I was thinking of using TaskMaster. Google shows there's dozens of Task Master programs out there ranging from to-do lists and full project management systems. So, any suggestions? TaskCat - Task (catalyst|cat) And you can use cat for mascot for free ;-) best regards Kamen ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Name suggestions for a project management system
I do like that, but I don't think it'd go well with some folks. Heck, my co-workers at my last job said they'd rather quit than use a project management system. Anyhow, lame as it might be, I think i've decided on using Project Task Todo since it names the functions as well as the domains being open: projecttasktodo.com (eventually will be hosted site) projecttasktodo.org will be the project site Thanks all Cheers, bill From: John SJ Anderson geneh...@genehack.org To: The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Name suggestions for a project management system On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:10 PM, bill hauck wbha...@yahoo.com wrote: So, any suggestions? I always thought Sisyphus would be a nice name for a task management system... ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] Name suggestions for a project management system
Hi. Not exactly a Catalyst question ... I'm building a Catalyst-based project management system and I'd like to release it as open source under the AGPL. However, originally I named it MCP after Master Control in Tron. I noticed it's also an operating system name from Burroughs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_MCP). Naming it MCP is probably not a good idea. So I was thinking of using TaskMaster. Google shows there's dozens of Task Master programs out there ranging from to-do lists and full project management systems. So, any suggestions? Thanks bill___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] New design
I like it overall. I'd replace the dancing astronauts with something more catalyst-y like maybe test tubes or beakers and a bunsen burner with a nice flame on top. From: Mark Keating m.keat...@shadowcat.co.uk To: catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:48 AM Subject: [Catalyst] New design The nice chaps at Evozon have recently been making design mocks for a bunch of Perl sites and they have come up with a fresh look for Catalyst. Take a look and let me know what you guys think. http://www.mdk.me.uk/community/mocks/Catalyst.jpg Kind regards Mark -- Mark Keating BA (Hons), Writer, Photographer, Cat-Herder. Managing Director: http://www.shadow.cat For more that I do visit: http://www.mdk.me ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] How to change default LICENSE in app and files
Hi I was wondering if there's a way to change the default LICENSE that is added to each Controller through myapp_create.pl. I'd like to use GNU Affero GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html) for a project. I didn't see anything on the wiki or email archive. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, bill___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] List of Applications using Catalyst
Hi. Does anyone know of a list of applications that are using Catalyst? I saw the sites using Catalyst on http://www.catalystframework.org/#sites but I'm wondering if there's a list of applications. For instance, MojoMojo is a Catalyst-based web app, but I only know that because the catalystframework website uses it and links to MojoMojo's site, which details the Catalyst involvment. If there's no existing list I think it would be a great addition to the framework's wiki. This could help people use all Catalyst-based software, making maintenance easier as well as sticking with a single language and web framework concept. If there is a list maybe we can mirror it on the wiki. I'll add it if someone can point me to it. Thanks, bill___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] many to many join with multicolumn primary key
Hi, Jon. I tried that and it worked perfectly. I'll make a small, simple but fully functional example and add it to the wiki this weekend. Thanks! Cheers, bill From: jmo mlists jmo.mli...@gmail.com To: The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [Catalyst] many to many join with multicolumn primary key Hi, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:10 PM, bill hauck wbha...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi. Posted this to the DBIx::Class maillist, but not getting an traction there. Perhaps someone else has run into this issue on a Catalyst app. I need to connect two tables through a relation table for a many_to_many. The issue I'm running into is that one of the tables has a composite primary key. I'm using this in a Catalyst application through a Template Toolkit template. So, before going through the whole thing, is it possible to have a composite primary key used in many to many? If not, any suggestions on a workaround? If it is possible, here's my setup. The user will submit issues into complexity_submission. A trigger will create a duplicate entry in table complexity giving the unique post id and then a version of the post. Tables, trigger, Schema::Result relations listed, and template below. Did you try the way suggested here? http://grokbase.com/t/sc/dbix-class/071g80741a/multi-column-primary-foreign-key /Jon ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] many to many join with multicolumn primary key
Hi. Posted this to the DBIx::Class maillist, but not getting an traction there. Perhaps someone else has run into this issue on a Catalyst app. I need to connect two tables through a relation table for a many_to_many. The issue I'm running into is that one of the tables has a composite primary key. I'm using this in a Catalyst application through a Template Toolkit template. So, before going through the whole thing, is it possible to have a composite primary key used in many to many? If not, any suggestions on a workaround? If it is possible, here's my setup. The user will submit issues into complexity_submission. A trigger will create a duplicate entry in table complexity giving the unique post id and then a version of the post. Tables, trigger, Schema::Result relations listed, and template below. Thanks in advance, bill Version Info: Catalyst 5.80029 DBIx::Class $VERSION = '0.08124'; perl 5, version 12, subversion 2 (v5.12.2) built for i686-linux mysql describe complexity_submission; +---+--+--+-+---+-+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---+--+--+-+---+-+ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | creator_email | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | opt_in | int(1) unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | recorded | timestamp | NO | | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | | body | text | YES | | NULL | | +---+--+--+-+---+-+ 5 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql describe complexity; ++--+--+-+---+-+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | ++--+--+-+---+-+ | post_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | 0 | | | version | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | published | tinyint(1) | YES | | 0 | | | curator_status | int(1) | NO | | 0 | | | prc_status | int(1) | NO | | 0 | | | creator_email | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | opt_in | int(1) unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | recorded | timestamp | NO | | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | | body | text | YES | | NULL | | | prc_note | text | YES | | NULL | | ++--+--+-+---+-+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql describe tag; +-+--+--+-+-++ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-+--+--+-+-++ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | name | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | description | text | YES | | NULL | | +-+--+--+-+-++ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql describe complexity_tag; +-+--+--+-+-+---+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-+--+--+-+-+---+ | post_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | | | version | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | | | tag_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | | +-+--+--+-+-+---+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql show triggers\G *** 1. row *** Trigger: bi_complexity_submission_trigger Event: INSERT Table: complexity_submission Statement: begin insert into complexity (post_id, creator_email, opt_in, recorded, body) values (new.id, new.creator_email, new.opt_in, new.recorded, new.body); end Timing: AFTER Created: NULL sql_mode: Definer:
[Catalyst] post-deployment custom fields in application
Hi. I'm building an application--project management system--that I'd like to have the application administrators to be able to create custom fields for various tables after deployment. For instance, instead of including a hard-coded field for every possible IM or chat system out there, I'd like the admins to be able to decide they only care about AIM and Skype, so they'd add aim_name and skype_name fields. Other installations and admins might decide they only care about gtalk and facebook so they'd add those fields. The other issue is that I don't want to simply add 10 extra fields and give the admins control of the display name. I'd like to essentially have a secondary table that holds the custom fields for that table's primary table. So ... The person table has a person_custom table to hold the custom fields and data. The project table has a project_custom table to hold the custom fields and data. Etc. So my question really is what's the best approach? A secondary table for every table I want custom fields for? Or a set of static tables where the first holds the field information and the second holds the data related to those fields? or is there a completely different way I'm not thinking of? For the first way, custom table per table, how do I make DBIx::Class work with that? I don't want to have to run the model creation script after adding or modifying a custom field; I'd like to have the field available on the fly. Do I have to give up DBIC for the custom tables? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks, bill ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] post-deployment custom fields in application
Alexander, thanks for the reply. However, I should have been more specific in my need. I'd like the custom fields to be available for calculations. For instance, custom fields for the project table might include dates for reviews or expected and actual delivery dates from a supplier. They could be used to calculate the difference between the promise and delivery. I'd like the database to perform the calculations instead of the application. Also, I'm currently limited to using MySQL 5.1 or 5.5. PostgreSQL will be an option but in the future. No Oracle. No NoSQL systems either. And, finally, I forgot to mention that the admins are the application administrators, not system admins or programmers. They will be creating these custom fields through the application itself, not directly in the database. Again, thanks for any help. - Original Message - From: Alexander Hartmaier alexander.hartma...@t-systems.at To: catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [Catalyst] post-deployment custom fields in application I'd use a nosql database or the xml feature of PostgreSQL/Oracle/... or just have a large column that takes JSON. Am 2011-12-22 20:01, schrieb bill hauck: Hi. I'm building an application--project management system--that I'd like to have the application administrators to be able to create custom fields for various tables after deployment. For instance, instead of including a hard-coded field for every possible IM or chat system out there, I'd like the admins to be able to decide they only care about AIM and Skype, so they'd add aim_name and skype_name fields. Other installations and admins might decide they only care about gtalk and facebook so they'd add those fields. The other issue is that I don't want to simply add 10 extra fields and give the admins control of the display name. I'd like to essentially have a secondary table that holds the custom fields for that table's primary table. So ... The person table has a person_custom table to hold the custom fields and data. The project table has a project_custom table to hold the custom fields and data. Etc. So my question really is what's the best approach? A secondary table for every table I want custom fields for? Or a set of static tables where the first holds the field information and the second holds the data related to those fields? or is there a completely different way I'm not thinking of? For the first way, custom table per table, how do I make DBIx::Class work with that? I don't want to have to run the model creation script after adding or modifying a custom field; I'd like to have the field available on the fly. Do I have to give up DBIC for the custom tables? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks, bill ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ *** T-Systems Austria GesmbH Rennweg 97-99, 1030 Wien Handelsgericht Wien, FN 79340b *** Notice: This e-mail contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and then delete this e-mail immediately. *** ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] how to authenticate using database users
--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Adam Witney awit...@sgul.ac.uk wrote: From: Adam Witney awit...@sgul.ac.uk Subject: Re: [Catalyst] how to authenticate using database users To: The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 4:33 PM On 18 Mar 2009, at 16:24, Michael Reddick wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Adam Witney awit...@sgul.ac.uk wrote: Hi, Our database uses actual database users rather than a table containing usernames and password. Why are you doing that? The database has a row level security model implemented such that row access is controlled by the database login. This is because several applications can be used to interact with it. thanks adam Adam, can you tell us what database you're using? Also, what other types of apps (web, fat client, etc.)? I don't have any solution, but I'm facing a somewhat similar issue ... I'm looking to replace a custom application written in FileMaker, which allows you to create permission levels down to the field level. I'll need to replicate this in whatever replaces the original application. Anyone have any hints on how to track what users (or roles) are able to edit what fields? I'm thinking of implementing it similar to the way MySQL's permission tables are setup. A permission table for each data table with a column for each column in the data table and a column for the user / role. The values would be similar to Unix's permissions (1,2,4) to indicate if they could read, write, modify. Anyone want to tell me it's crap and offer a better way? Please ... Thanks, bill ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] RFC: The paradox of choice in web development
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Kieren Diment dim...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kieren Diment dim...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Catalyst] RFC: The paradox of choice in web development To: The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7:41 AM On 18/02/2009, at 5:55 PM, Dave Rolsky wrote: This is hardly unreasonable. I've worked at a number of smaller shops where we were developing a Perl-based app. If a developer had decided that they wanted to throw together some important tool in Java (or Python or Haskell or Smalltalk or ...), that would have been problem. The investment in a language is bigger than just the programmers, even. You have build deployment tools, automated testing setups (you do, don't you? ;), sysadmin knowledge, packaging infrastructure, and so on. Some of that may be language-agnostic, but often a lot of it ties into the language and its tools. Once you've made that investment, it makes sense to stick with it. Just because Catalyst and Perl are great tools for webapps doesn't mean that they're the _right_ tool at your job. Yes indeed. To balance that, management also need to work with the idea that rules are not dogmatic but designed for practical purpose. In my (academic - research and practical) experience, the larger the organisation, the more likely they are to believe dogma is more important than pragmatism, especially if you go through the official IT channels. If you go through the unofficial channels this may change, depending on the structure of the organisation, and the quality of your unofficial channels. No, I totally understand that. If the company is using Java, PHP, Python, etc. then the other projects should use the same language if possible. Um, if by automated testing you mean sending an email to the crew and saying, Ok, give it a try ... then, yeah, we've got automated testing. However, we don't really have Java developers for this project. Sure, the company has lots of Java developers but none that are funded by us (corporate communications) and available. We don't really have any funding for the project, either, so a contractor is out as well. I proposed that we write the application in Perl using Catalyst since I know Perl pretty well and my system administrator needs to learn it since many utilities have been / will be written in Perl. I guess I could learn Java, Servlets, and JSPs, but it'll take me a lot longer to write than in Perl. And it'll be a whole lot less fun. Cheers bill ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Beginner Question: Controller Layout
This dovetails nicely with my question ([Catalyst] Example app showing user to item authorization?). For this site how would you control which user/band edits which scheduled events, uploads pictures, etc.? Do you have each function check the database? Do you write one function for each type of item and simply call it? Any examples / guidance is greatly appreciated. Thanks --- On Tue, 12/9/08, David Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Catalyst] Beginner Question: Controller Layout To: The elegant MVC web framework catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 3:17 PM Hello list, I am at the point of starting a new project and have yet to choose a controller layout. my application is a site where: music bands can - register - fill out (and later edit) a profile - upload pictures and songs - schedule events which will be displayed on a calendar visitors can - browse all of the above information - register to a newsletter admins can - edit all of the above stuff Well, I suppose you get the picture. I am hoping to get some guidance here from someone who has experience One solution that comes to my mind would be to make a controlller for each role (admin, band, visitor) another one would be to make a controller for each type of media (songs, pictures, band, ...) Either way I am not able to tell which one is most suitable beforehand. thanks in advance david ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
[Catalyst] Example app showing user to item authorization?
Hi. I'm relatively new to Catalyst. Also, since I'm not a programmer by trade I only get to spend a few hours a week on code so I'm a bit rusty on some stuff. I've built a basic project / task system. User creates project then creates tasks for that project. The tasks can be assigned to other users for completion. However, the next bit of logic I need to build is to only allow users assigned to the task to edit that task. I've setup two tables in the database (MySQL) to store the relationships: project_user (project_id, user_id) task_user (task_id, user_id) I've code written for authenticating users against MySQL so only people who register can access the system, but right now any authenticated user can access any project or task. I've found the Authorization::Roles Authorization::ACL modules, but they seem to only be for higher level access. Perhaps I'm missing something. So my question: is there an example application or best practice on how to implement a check on all calls to see if the user should be accessing a specific item? I guess this would apply to any type of system: blog, auction, cms, etc. -- they all require checking if a specific user can edit a specific item. Thanks! Cheers, chunk ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
