You may want to review the thread, "Plugins vs. Base Controllers" to see what some of the lead architects have to say on the issue at least regarding 2/3 and 4. I think choosing between 2/3 is really a matter of what can be reused usefully and what is overkill design. For 1 I am not sure but I only put a little logic in the models for stuff directly related to the model, like to encapsulate very frequently used queries. Not sure what other people have to say. Purists I think don't want any logic in the model, from what I gather.
--john ----- Original Message ---- From: Daniel McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The elegant MVC web framework <catalyst@lists.rawmode.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:47:36 PM Subject: [Catalyst] ways to do stuff and why if you need to add some block of functionality to your project, how many ways are there to do it? 1. Add a model. For any data source, maybe with some "intelligence" hidden in it. 2. Add a controller. To add specific functions to one project. 3. Add a controller base class. To add functions that are reusable across projects. 4. Write a plugin ... erm , I forgot ;-) what did I miss out? (I didn't add the View, as far as I can see you pretty much choose your templating system and stick with it ... but quite likely I missed something there ...) A bit of POD summarising the catalogue of techniques that is available and guidelines as to how to select might be very useful. Hell, I might even try to write it if I get enough useful info from this thread ... cheers D -- Daniel McBrearty email : danielmcbrearty at gmail.com www.engoi.com : the multi - language vocab trainer BTW : 0873928131 _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
