Category: Perl
Moving On
June 5th, 2009, 4 Comments
I just unsubscribed from the CGI::Application mailing list. I no longer use CGI::App and the mails were just cluttering my inbox. My first Perl CGi script was written using plain ol’ CGI.pm many years ago. I ran across it again recently and winced when I read the code. I saw messes of nested function calls [...]
InflateColumn::File vs. InflateColumn::FS
May 24th, 2009, No Comments
In my last Perl post I said IC::File fits my needs better and let me serve files using Static::Simple. Well, it did that, but issues with properly handling deletes and updates forced me to re-evaluate my decision and switch to InflateColumn::FS.
The application will manage an archive of discussion papers, including abstracts, BibTeX citations, and supplemental [...]
On Not Reinventing the Wheel
May 12th, 2009, No Comments
Last year I wrote a Catalyst-based application to manage the workflow for the team of reporters, editors, and publishers providing web reporting for the the annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. This includes tracking each event at GA, assigning reporters, photographers, videographers, and managing the writing/editing/publishing workflow for each article to be posted on the GA [...]
