[cgiapp] small webserver

[Mark Fuller]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM,  <bfc0713 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I think if I go the Perl route, cgiapp just bumped Catalyst from
> contention -- it just seems simpler to me.

I like cgiapp because of it's simplicity. I like the idea behind more
elaborate frameworks like Catalyst. But, those things always seem to
turn out the same way. They start out with "hey, all web apps perform
the same pattern of processing" and turn into an incomprehensible
overload of bloat due to "the devils in the details." The solution
ends up looking worse than the cure to me.

C::A looks like a better balance of extensibility through reusable
modules and hooks at the expense of doing everything for everyone out
of the box (which nothing can ever truly do anyway).

You might consider Titanium,[1] which is based upon C::A. There was a
flurry of discussion about it here. I haven't heard much since. Not
sure if that means it's stable or didn't generate the intended
interest. I didn't follow it just because I don't swing that way
(larger, one-size-fits-all frameworks).

[1] http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=703291