[Catalyst] Where to put template files?

[Bill Moseley]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:04:09PM +0100, Andrew Ford wrote:
> I totally agree with this.  YAML is fine as a serialization format, and 
> it can be useful that it is (just about) readable, but I find it insane 
> that it is even considered usable as a configuration file format -- it 
> is just too easy to break and reinforces the prejudice that perl is just 
> for hackers.  For applications that may need their configurations 
> tweaking by client's support staff I have generally used Windows-style 
> .ini files (parsed with Config::IniFiles).  I know the format is limited 
> to groups of keyword/value pairs, but that generally suffices and keeps 
> things so that they are simple to explain.

I put client config options in the database, and application level
config in YAML or sometimes just a perl hash read by do().  If they
can't figure out YAML then they probably shouldn't be in there
tweaking the config in the first place. ;)


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Bill Moseley
moseley at hank.org