On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Bryan Opfer wrote: > What's the point of using Catalyst if all your Controller code is in > the View (Mason)? > > Catalyst is supposed to help you split up your business logic(Model), > application logic(Controller) and presentation logic (View).
I agree 100%. Mason already has this exact dispatching method (URI -> component) built-in, so what does Catalyst if this is all you do with it? Putting all your controller logic, especially non-display logic (like form submission handling) in Mason components is a bad design (and yes, I know that's how the book's example site works ;) -dave /*=================================================== VegGuide.Org www.BookIRead.com Your guide to all that's veg. My book blog ===================================================*/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
