[cgiapp] size of scripts and dependencies

[Richard Jones]

P Kishor wrote:
> Because, Michael, it is difficult. It is not simply out of the box and
> click and run. To run a persistent environment, I have to install and
> configure Apache and mod_perl or FastCGI. I develop on my laptop,
> then, when everything is working, I set up the application on a test
> server, then when everything is checked by the rest of the team and
> tested, we move it to a production server. That means, I have to set
> up not one but three identical environments. I have wasted countless
> hours trying to make mod_perl compile on a server I have. It just is
> too difficult.

Assuming you control the server and it's Linux, it's as difficult as 
apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2 (for Debian-based systems). Other 
distros would have similar package installers. FastCGI is a little more 
involved, but not much.

Similarly for the laptop, if it's Linux then it's the same process as 
above, or if Windows then andLinux will give you a virtual (Ubuntu) 
environment to develop with (apt-get install again), or there is always 
VM as an alternative. Not sure about Mac OS though.

It's a little up-front investment in setup time, but means you can use 
the same platform for development and testing and production, and 
mod_perl setup really is pretty trivial. In fact I do exactly that, 
including development on a laptop, where I have my CGI::App running 
under CA::Server, mod_perl and fastcgi, and it's fairly easy to port the 
app to the more-or-less identically configured test & production servers.

There again, if everything is Windows based, the XAMPP package has 
mod_perl working out-of-the-box, at least it did last time I looked. Of 
course if you don't have control of the server then none of the above 
may apply :)
-- 
Richard Jones