[Catalyst] javascript in Catalyst using Template Toolkit

[John Romkey]

On Dec 21, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Matt S Trout wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:11:50PM -0500, John Romkey wrote:
>> Two recommendations, assuming the Javascript file isn't meant to be
>> modified at runtime:
>>
>> First, use an absolute path to the file in your script tag, ie:
>> <script src='/static/clock.js'> or use $c->uri_for() to compute the
>> path.
>
> An absolute path like that assumes your app will always be deployed  
> at /.
>
> My experience is that every time I think I -can- make that  
> assumption, later
> I end up really wishing I could deploy my app to a sub-URL for  
> testing or
> similar.
>
> You may not have such bad luck, but I don't like to take that chance  
> these days :)

I understand, and of course you're right about that. I have had that  
bite me once. I was definitely going for the quick fix here.

Since uri_for() won't help with static file paths, is there any  
convention for storing the path for static files in the config, or  
getting access to it in some other way?
	- john romkey
	http://www.romkey.com/