---------------------------------------------------------------------- mod_perl digest June 24, 2001 - June 30, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Recent happenings in the mod_perl world... Features o mod_perl status o module announcements o mailing list highlights o links mod_perl status o mod_perl - stable: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1] - development: 1.25_01-dev [2] o Apache - stable: 1.3.20 (released May 15, 2001) [3] - development: 1.3.21-dev [4] o Perl - stable: 5.6.1 (released April 9, 2001) [5] - development: 5.7.1 [6] module announcements o AxKit::XSP::PerForm - a "magic" forms library for building complex web applications [7] o HTML::Template 2.3 - makes using HTML templates simple and natural by extending standard HTML with a few new HTML-esque tags [8] mailing list highlights o Long thread of the week goes to a discussion on how to layout a web application API. [9] It ended with an idea about how to optimize via Autosplit/Autoload and an module that records module statistics [10]. There is now a module RFC available for comment [11] o While not mod_perl related, here's a tidbit on how to create a script that uses Netscape cookies when crawling [12] o As usual, the dev list is buzzing with activity [13] news o Netcraft June statistics Apache 63.02% IIS 20.38% [14] o Security Space June statistics Apache 59.84% IIS 28.42% [15] 11.80% (224,373) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [16] links o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [17] o mod_perl documentation [18] o mod_perl modules on CPAN [19] o mod_perl homepage [20] o mod_perl news and advocacy [21] o mod_perl list archives [22] [23] happy mod_perling... --Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/ [2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/ [3] http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/ [4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/ [5] http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz [6] http://www.cpan.org/src/devel.tar.gz [7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/gralgulwhy [8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glilyyzhend [9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/farkhimshe [10] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99405069123641&w=2 [11] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99410809405360&w=2 [12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/mowhonhum [13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&r=1&w=2&b=200106 [14] http://www.netcraft.com/survey/ [15] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200106/index.html [16] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200106/apachemods.html [17] http://perl.apache.org [18] http://perl.apache.org/#docs [19] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/ [20] http://www.modperl.com [21] http://www.take23.org [22] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/ [23] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2