[Catalyst] Documentation on DBIx Class

[Steve Atkins]

On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Andrew Rodland wrote:

> On Friday 18 January 2008 02:47:14 pm Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
>> I have to just rant a bit about that. The most difficult thing about
>> catalyst is trying to learn dbic.
>
> Except that's not a "thing about catalyst". You don't need to use  
> DBIC. It's a
> popular choice, sure, but if you think that something else would be  
> eaiser,
> then go for it. Use Rose, invent your own wheel, or do what $WORK  
> does and
> write a model that does nothing but stored-procedure calls (straight  
> DBI and
> some glue). DBIC isn't required for using catalyst, it's just the  
> standard
> choice for doing what DBIC does -- which most people find rather  
> useful.

But many of the examples do use DBIC, so not being able to read or
modify DBIC means you can't read or modify those examples either.

It's a doc thing, rather than a framework thing, but I understand
where Ali is coming from.

Cheers,
   Steve