[Catalyst] Catalyst starter template

Fri Aug 30 15:36:37 GMT 2013

Ynon++

I'll play with it tonight =A0-jnap


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> From: Ynon Perek <ynonperek at gmail.com>
>To: John Napiorkowski <jjn1056 at yahoo.com> =

>Cc: The elegant MVC web framework <catalyst at lists.scsys.co.uk> =

>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst starter template
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>Hi John, All, =

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>I did some translations and the first version is now available on github. =
Link:
>https://github.com/ynonp/ctstarter.pl
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>What we have now:
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>1. binary file is named catalyzer.pl
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>2. Creates a complete Catalyst app from a template. Default template provi=
des: Database support, Twitter Bootstrap TT view and User Management.
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>3. Starter is generated from a template. Template is a collection of featu=
res.
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>4. It's easy to build new templates and new features. I already implemente=
d a few features:
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>- AddPlugins: a feature that adds Catalyst plugins to the template
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>- DefaultGenerator: runs the old catalyst.pl
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>- DBIx: creates a simple SQLite database with an empty Schema.pm
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>- UserManagement: creates users and roles, and a members only controller
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>- TwitterBootstrapView: creaties a simple TT view which uses Twitter Boots=
trap
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>5. An example template implementation can be found here (with all the abov=
e features):
>https://github.com/ynonp/ctstarter.pl/tree/master/templates/default
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>6. An example features implementations can be found here:
>https://github.com/ynonp/ctstarter.pl/tree/master/lib/CatalystX/ProjectBui=
lder/Features
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>More info on the github page.
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>Feedback, comments and questions are welcomed.
>Ynon
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>On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 15:46, John Napiorkowski wrote:
>Ynon++
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>>You might want to look at=A0https://metacpan.org/module/Template::Tiny fo=
r templating, I don't think we need all of TT
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>>John
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>>>________________________________
>>> From: Ynon Perek <ynonperek at gmail.com>
>>>To: John Napiorkowski <jjn1056 at yahoo.com>; The elegant MVC web framework=
 <catalyst at lists.scsys.co.uk> =

>>>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:36 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst starter template
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>>>Hi,
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>>>I think it should be easy enough to translate my code to the suggested c=
atalyzer form.=A0
>>>I'll do the coding and update.
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>>>Then we'll be able to start writing templates.
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>>>Cheers,
>>>=A0 Ynon
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>>>On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 22:28, John Napiorkowski wrote:
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>>>>>From: "Gianrossi, Paolo" <paolino.gianrossi at gmail.com>
>>>>>To: The elegant MVC web framework <catalyst at lists.scsys.co.uk> =

>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:37 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst starter template
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>>>>>Isn't this something along the lines of=A0https://github.com/RailsApps=
/rails-composer/=A0for RoR?
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>>>>Yes, I was thinking something like that. =A0There's be an app on CPAN, =
something pure Perl to make it trivial to install.
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>>>>=A0 =A0 cpanm CatalystX::App::ProjectBuilder
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>>>>and then that would install a commandline app that took a configuration=
 file of key values and either a url or name of an installed CPAN distribut=
ion with the templates
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>>>>=A0 =A0 =A0cat myconfig | catalyzer http://github.com/path_to_something
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>>>>where myconfig would just be a hash ref
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>>>>=A0 =A0 {
>>>>=A0 =A0 =A0 name =3D> ...
>>>>=A0 =A0 =A0 ....
>>>>=A0 =A0 }
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>>>>and the url would be a repo with templates, probably using something li=
ghter than template toolkit
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>>>>You'd need to be able to specify some values via the commandline I guess
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>>>>=A0 cat myconfig | catalyzer --namespace MyApp::Web --template http://g=
ithub.com/path_to_something
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>>>>that would probably work well for just being a project directory and fi=
le builder. =A0It would do some of the stuff that puppet or chef does, like=
 install mysql, and all that. =A0These are probably overlapping concerns, a=
nd I think having something like ^^ would be pretty easy to do and also I t=
hink really, REALLY helpful to people using Catalyst.
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>>>>I know if such a think existed I'd put some templates on github pretty =
quick.
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>>>>If someone wants to take this on, I'd be happy to assist.
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>>>>John
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>>>>>On 17 Aug 2013, at 20:21, Ynon Perek <ynonperek at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>Hi All, =

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>>>>>>After working with catalyst for some time, I found catalyst.pl too mi=
nimalistic for my needs.=A0
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>>>>>>So I created a small script called ctstarter.pl that adds some featur=
es to the base template you get for a new project. Currently it adds:
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>>>>>>1. A starter DB and migrations (using DBIx::Class::Migration)
>>>>>>2. Code and DB tables for managing users and roles (using CatalystX::=
SimpleLogin)
>>>>>>3. A Twitter Bootstrap web view with templates (using Catalyst::Helpe=
r::View::Bootstrap)
>>>>>>4. Two helper scripts: one to upgrade the DB and the other to reset a=
dmin password.
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>>>>>>You can find the source and usage instructions here:
>>>>>>https://github.com/ynonp/ctstarter.pl
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>>>>>>Any feedbacks is appreciated.
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>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>=A0 Ynon
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