NAME
Catalyst - The Elegant MVC Web Application Framework
SYNOPSIS
# use the helper to start a new application
catalyst.pl MyApp
cd MyApp
# add models, views, controllers
script/create.pl model Something
script/create.pl view Stuff
script/create.pl controller Yada
# built in testserver
script/server.pl
# command line interface
script/test.pl /yada
use Catalyst;
use Catalyst qw/My::Module My::OtherModule/;
use Catalyst '-Debug';
use Catalyst qw/-Debug -Engine=CGI/;
__PACKAGE__->action( '!default' => sub { $_[1]->res->output('Hello') } );
__PACKAGE__->action(
'index.html' => sub {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
$c->res->output('Hello');
$c->forward('_foo');
}
);
__PACKAGE__->action(
'/^product[_]*(\d*).html$/' => sub {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
$c->stash->{template} = 'product.tt';
$c->stash->{product} = $c->req->snippets->[0];
}
);
See also Catalyst::Manual::Intro
DESCRIPTION
Catalyst is based upon Maypole, which you should consider for smaller projects.
The key concept of Catalyst is DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself).
See Catalyst::Manual for more documentation.
Catalyst plugins can be loaded by naming them as arguments to the "use Catalyst" statement. Omit the Catalyst::Plugin::
prefix from the plugin name, so Catalyst::Plugin::My::Module
becomes My::Module
.
use Catalyst 'My::Module';
Special flags like -Debug and -Engine can also be specifed as arguments when Catalyst is loaded:
use Catalyst qw/-Debug My::Module/;
The position of plugins and flags in the chain is important, because they are loaded in exactly the order that they appear.
The following flags are supported:
- -Debug
-
enables debug output, i.e.:
use Catalyst '-Debug';
this is equivalent to:
use Catalyst; sub debug { 1 }
- -Engine
-
Force Catalyst to use a specific engine. Omit the
Catalyst::Engine::
prefix of the engine name, i.e.:use Catalyst '-Engine=CGI';
METHODS
- debug
-
Overload to enable debug messages.
- config
-
Returns a hashref containing your applications settings.
SUPPORT
IRC:
Join #catalyst on irc.perl.org.
Mailing-Lists:
http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst
http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst-dev
SEE ALSO
Catalyst::Manual, Catalyst::Test, Catalyst::Request, Catalyst::Response, Catalyst::Engine
AUTHOR
Sebastian Riedel, sri@oook.de
THANK YOU
Andrew Ford, Andrew Ruthven, Christian Hansen, Christopher Hicks, Danijel Milicevic, David Naughton, Gary Ashton Jones, Jesse Sheidlower, Johan Lindstrom, Marcus Ramberg, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa and all the others who've helped.
LICENSE
This library is free software . You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.