[Catalyst] Calling form plugin authors: these should not be plugins

Robert 'phaylon' Sedlacek rs at 474.at
Mon Nov 20 11:11:59 GMT 2006


Jon said:
>
> Hear, hear!  One of the things I had real trouble getting my head around
> on introduction to Catalyst was why things like FormBuilder and Widget
> had to be plugins.  Ended up wasting a lot of time trying to write code
> that I couldn't see the sense in.  Perhaps
> Catalyst::Manual::WritingPlugins could be augmented with a set of
> guidelines or tests for what should and shouldn't constitute a plugin vs
> component?

I'm working on a complete rewrite. The new version will be less focussed
on plugins and more on extension and customisation of the framework.

gr.,
Robert

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