[Catalyst] Re: Last Chance / LastDay:Webdevelopmentplatformcontestand Perl / Catalyst

[Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior]

On 12/2/06, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita at fcc.ro> wrote:
> I have seen that your example modifies the root controller, so this convince
> me that this is not a tutorial for beginners.
> The beginners should start learning to use Catalyst, without SVN, with its
> default ways of doing things, without other external modules that can be
> avoided.

The SVN and "mkdir" crud could really have been left out, IMO.

However, modifying your root controller is something pretty basic,
your conclusion is completely wrong. Your root controller is the
default responsible for the "/" namespace and that's usually where
you'll put your login stuff and the like.

Honestly, your tackling this problem from a very ackward POV. When I
had no clue about Catalyst I sure had difficulties and so on but they
were primarily TT and DBIC issues. Catalyst itself always seemed
pretty intuitive to me. There's something in your questioning that
sets you appart from the regular Catalyst newbie group.

I, for one, really like the Catalyst tutorial where it taught me
Catalyst, some basic DBIC and TT in one go. If it wasn't laid out that
way at the time I'd probably have thought that Catalyst wasn't
"consolidated" enough or something to that effect.

-Nilson Santos F. Jr.