[Catalyst] Program the logic

[Eduardo Oliveros]

That leads to a new question:
Is possible to call actions in the Controller without using a web browser?

Thanks,
--edu

PD: I'll use DBIx::Class, sounds promising.

2006/6/28, Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior <acid06 at gmail.com>:
> On 6/28/06, Eduardo Oliveros <eduardo.oliveros at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm planning to program the logic of the application (the Model in
> > MVC) previously to start with web page and the presentation.
>
> Actually, the Controller is what is supposed to drive the logic of the
> application. The model is really just that: the model. It's usually
> mapped to some kind of storage engine such as a RDBMS. Many strong
> advocates of MVC specifically try to leave business logic out of the
> database.
>
> > What I see is that what Catalyst calls Model is just the Objects that
> > map with the tables in the DDBB. And the logic of the application are
> > developed in the Actions (in fact linked to the web application).
>
> You'll see that it's "a little" more than that (at least when you're
> using DBIx::Class - Class::DBI can't even be compared feature-wise
> nowadays).
>
> > I know is difficult in practice to separate both worlds (logic from
> > the presentation) but that is the false promise of the MVC pattern :).
>
> Not really. It's something somewhat straight-forward when using
> something like Catalyst. All you've got to do is resist the temptation
> of polluting your controllers with things that really should be in
> your views. But sometimes it's even worth it.
>
> -Nilson Santos F. Jr.
>
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