[Catalyst] OT: edit/add seperate actions?

[Mark Trostler]

Iain wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> So we are having a discussion @work about basic add/edit functions. We
> currently have currently two lines of thoughts on handling it.
> 
> 1. Have separate actions for adding and editing e.g.
> 
> # add
> /app/notice/add_new (POST To) /app/notice/process_add_new
> 
> # edit
> /app/notice/*/edit (POST To) /app/notice/*/process_edit
> 
> 2. Have a shared edit action with an if ( $c->req->method eq 'POST' )
> check.
> 
> # edit
> /app/notice/*/edit (POST Back to) /app/notice/*/edit
> 
> There currently doesn't look like much difference in lines of code to
> manage. 
> 
> Just wondering if anybody has any thoughts/experience, pros/cons best
> practice etc of either approach.
> 
> Actually, I like option 2 best. So I suppose I'm asking for reasons why
> we shouldn't use option 1 :-)
> 

If you're using Javascript for your forms you're 95% of the way to 
Catalyst::Controller::REST.  POST = create, PUT = edit, GET & DELETE 
work out great...  A much cleaner solution IMHO.
	Mark