[Catalyst] Re: Catalyst actions

[A. Pagaltzis]

* Matt S Trout <dbix-class at trout.me.uk> [2007-05-18 16:30]:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 03:29:20PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> > * Matt S Trout <dbix-class at trout.me.uk> [2007-05-18 14:30]:
> > > I prefer to have my code wired up fairly explicitly for GET
> > > vs. POST but that's more an obsession with the HTTP and URI
> > > standards than any practical concern.
> > 
> > The Rails crew learned the painful way that there can be very
> > practical concerns indeed when you get these wrong… :-)
> > 
> > (For those who don’t know: using POST where GET would be
> > appropriate just costs you cacheability and thus scalability;
> > using GET where POST would be appropriate can cost your users
> > their data.)
> 
> Right, but you can deal with that just by checking
> $c->req->method.
> 
> I distinguish explicitly between query and body params as well,
> which is overkill for some situations.

I know you know what you’re doing. :-)  I wasn’t explaining it to
*you*, I just didn’t want people who may not yet know better to
get the impression that this is ivory tower stuff with no real-
world impact.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>