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jrock.us> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the delay in following up with you. I've
been trying to
> finish up some other projects so I can have some time
to work on writing 
>
> Anyway, here's what I am thinking in terms of an
outline. Some chapters
> may make more sense if split up or combined. I'm cc-ing
the Catalyst
> developer list since there are a number of people who
are interested in
> helping with the book effort in one way or another, and
I'd like to keep
> them in the loop.
>
> Preliminary outline:
>
> 0. Prerequisites
> - where to learn about perl (perl knowledge assumed
for this book)
> - installing Catalyst
> - where to go for help
>
> 1. Creating a Catalyst app
> - making a skeleton application
> - setting up a DBIC database "model"
> - with "helpers"
> - setting up a TT "view"
> - writing a small "controller"
> - running your skeleton app
> - making changes and seeing the result
>
> 2. Expanding the application
> - creating a form
> - creating logic that parses a form
> - adding configurability via a config file
> - adding data to the database
> - etc., basic "CRUD" operations (CRUD =
create, retrieve, update, delete)
> * example for this section should be something like an
address book
>
> 3. Learning more about the database
> - [I'm thinking that Matt S. Trout, the author of
DBIx::Class, should
> write this chapter. Might not be appropriate as
"Chapter 3".]
>
> 4. Building a more complex, multi-page application.
Probably online
> shopping cart type of thing. Look up products, fill
out forms,
> create reports, etc.
> - Action chaining
> - Action classes
> - Sessions and Users (the big thing)
>
> 5. Exploiting Catalyst to ease implementation of
current hot web topics.
> - RSS feeds
> * logic behind making an "RSS" view and
mixing it with your HTML view
> - Javascript interface (AJAX)
> - this chapter is mostly to expose Catalyst features
through examples
> (people like "cool" things)
>
> 6. Building your own model. Perhaps implement a
filesystem-based wiki
> or blog. (Writing a filesystem-based blog is how I
learned Catalyst,
> and was the topic of my talk at the perl
conference.)
>
> 7. World tour of catalyst plugins and base classes (but
we might do this
> as we go along, or in section 5).
>
> 8. Testing (might build this gradually, rather than
wait until the end)
> - unit tests
> - WWW::Mechanizie
> - WWW::Selenium
>
> 9. Deploying the application
> - Apache + mod_perl
> - or FastCGI
> - Lighttpd
> - PARs for sending to end users
>
> 10. Where to go from here
> - Turn useful parts of your application into CPAN
modules
> - Hack on the Catalyst source
> - (etc.?)
>
> As always, thanks for your interest in Catalyst!
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan Rockway
>
> Douglas Paterson wrote:
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply, it has been very helpful.
There is general agreement
> > that a book showing people how to put together a
web application using
> > Catalyst is the best way forward at this point, so
I'm pleased that we're on
> > the right track.
> >
> > When you have a powerful and flexible system, you
do want to pick a path
> > through it for the reader. Sometimes, there can be
too much choice, and the
> > value of a book can just be picking that path.
> >
> > Are Catalysts's OO concepts pretty central to its
design? If they are, and
> > for an MVC framework I guess they would be, I
think it would probably be a
> > good idea to spend some time to get readers
comfortable with these.
> >
> > You say you are excited by this project - how much
of this would you be
> > interested in writing? At the very least, I think
you're in an excellent
> > position to help me put together an outline.
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Rockway [mailto:jon