[Maypole] If you hated Maypole, you'll also dislike...

[knoebi]

Hi list,

I just read Simon's post and I also like his ideas! 

>While Maypole was designed to be extended "vertically", in the sense of making
>it very easy to add new actions to a class - one template, one method, and
>you're done - it isn't so easy to extend "horizontally". You can't easily add
>new ideas and concepts (as represented by tables and classes) and have them
>fit in nicely with the rest of the application.
> ....
>Further, I needed Class::DBI::DATA::Schema's translation option so that the
>same schema code could work no matter what the database.

What do you think about SQL::Translator? You could also be with your shemas
database independent.

> ...
>I think it's the new way of creating extensible web applications, and I 
>like it a lot.

yes, same goes for me ;-) I had this feeling also when I first saw
Maypole working on my own database. There was another Web
application-Framework where I had the same feeling when i first saw it
working: CGI::Builder. I think this Framework would be a really good
fit for Maypole (CGI, mod_perl1 and 2 compatible, TT support, and
especially the concepts of Overrunning Handlers and Super Classes
which makes it very good for "vertical" extending).

ciao

Philipp Knobel