[Catalyst] CPAN release of Alien::GvaScript and Pod::POM::Web

Marcello Romani mromani at ottotecnica.com
Fri Mar 9 10:46:46 GMT 2007


Dami Laurent (PJ) ha scritto:
> Hi Catalysters,
> 
> This is to announce two CPAN releases that might be of interest to some 
> of you Web programmers.
> 
> =================================================
> _http://search.cpan.org/dist/Alien-GvaScript/_ .
> =================================================
> 
> GvaScript (pronounce "gee-vascript") is a javascript framework born in 
> Geneva, Switzerland (GVA is the IATA code for Geneva Cointrin 
> International Airport).
> 
> It is built on top of the* prototype* object-oriented javascript 
> framework (_http://prototype.conio.net_) and offers a number of 
> extensions and widgets, such as keymap handling, application-specific 
> events, autocompletion on input field, and a tree navigator --- see 
> documentation in 
> _http://search.cpan.org/src/DAMI/Alien-GvaScript-1.00/lib/Alien/GvaScript/html/_ 
> 
> 
> GvaScript is distributed using Perl tools, but the actual content of the 
> library is pure javascript; hence its location in the Alien namespace 
> (see the Alien manifesto).
> 
> GvaScript runtime library does not need Perl; you can integrate it in 
> any other Web programming framework. Perl is only needed for developers 
> who want to modify GvaScript sources and recreate a distribution package.
> 
> 
> =================================================
> _http://search.cpan.org/dist/Pod-POM-Web/_
> =================================================
> 
> Pod::POM::Web is a Web application for browsing the documentation of 
> Perl components installed on your local machine. Since pages are 
> dynamically generated, they are always in sync with code actually installed.
> 
> The application offers
> 
>           o a tree view for browsing through installed modules (with
>             dynamic expansion of branches as they are visited)
>           o a tree view for navigating and opening / closing sections
>             while visiting a documentation page
>           o a source code view with syntax coloring (this is an optional
>             feature -- see section _"Optional features"_)
>           o direct access to _perlfunc_ <file:///perldoc?perlfunc>
>             entries (builtin Perl functions)
>           o search through _perlfaq_ <file:///perldoc?perlfaq> headers
>           o fulltext search, including names of Perl variables (this is
>             an optional feature -- see section _"Optional features"_).
>           o parsing and display of version number
>           o display if and when the displayed module entered Perl core.
>           o parsing pod links and translating them into hypertext links
>           o links to CPAN sites
> 
> The DHTML code for navigating through documentation trees requires a 
> modern browser. So far it has been tested on Microsoft Internet Explorer 
> 6.0 and Firefox 2.0
> 
> 
> =================================================
> 
> Enjoy ... and if you try them, please consider posting an evaluation at
> _http://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=Alien-GvaScript_
> _http://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=Pod-POM-Web_
> 
> 
> Best regards, Laurent Dami
> 
> 
> 
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Wow! Very cool. Thanks for sharing this.

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Marcello Romani
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