> -----Original Message----- > My interest in peeking at Boulder was really OT, but let me explain a > little more about why it intrigues me. It seems to offer some simple > ways to search for data in sets of simple data files like those created > when using the CGI->save method, almost an SQL like way of retrieving > data from this format. And HTML5 supports a client side data storage > function that uses the same format, so the two should be easily shared > and synced between the client and server. And it may be worth looking > into how the functionality of Boulder might be recreated with JS for > the client side. > > I would offer that there is a difference between something being > obsolete and being ignored. Certainly when Mr. Stein created "Boulder" > he was aware that MySQL existed. What was his motivation? Is Boulder > still being used to suit those purposes and more? If so, it's not > really obsolete is it?
[DP] I can't comment on Boulder as I have never used it. I am a big fan of SQLite because it has a small foot-print, it lightening fast and very portable. > And I am certainly not arguing that CGI::App and other Frameworks are > not appropriate for small apps, what I am thinking is there may be a > good reason for a simpler, ultralight, framework for small apps to > exist. > > I suppose most of the functionality of that framework I imagine already > resides in CGI.pm. I just don't think it's been integrated into an > approach that's easy for beginners to excited about. [DP] I would say you are using CGI very appropriately, for a small, self-contained app. Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-cgi-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-cgi-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
