[Catalyst] REST + Catalyst

[Svilen Ivanov]

Hi -

I'm planning to make a presentation of Catalyst on WebTech [1] - annual 
Bulgarian conference about web technologies and development. As a demo 
application I will create simple AJAX+REST RSS reader - something like the 
apps in [2] and [3]. 

I checked the CPAN for suitable plugins for implementing REST pattern. I found 
Catalyst::View::REST::Data::Serializer which I intend to use as my View 
class. However I need controller plugin that will dispatch actions depending 
on the type of HTTP method (GET/PUT/DELETE/POST). 

Am I missing a suitable plugin or I have to implement it myself (I think it is 
pretty easy). Did someone else implement REST web services with Catalyst and 
would like to share his/her knowledge?

Also, if you could give me any suggestion how to organize the presentation to 
make Catalyst appealing for 30 min. My "favourites" are:
- easy development - built-in/self-restarting test server, excellent error 
page
- neat url-to-action dispatching via attributes
- simple yet powerfull plugin architecture, cool plugins for session, view, 
etc.
- easy auto testing + packaging of the applications
- variaty of deployment options

Cheers, 
Svilen

[1] http://wtconferences.com/2006/programm/
[2] http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/08/17/restful-web.html
[3] http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/04/19/rest-on-rails.html