> 1) Database Objects in Perl > > This talk would focus on the database mapping options for Perl, > including modules like Tangram, Class::DBI, SPOPS, etc. It would > examine the differences in features, ease of use, and performance and > include a set of hand-coded classes using straight DBI for comparison.
This would be excellent. I know I personally have struggled mightily with Tangram (I still to this day don't know how to select only records where column A is not null - tore MUCH hair out of head over that one) and would like to know about options that are easier to use. > > 2) The Perl Pet Store > > This would be a discussion of porting the J2EE Pet Store reference > application to Perl. It would cover Perl equivalents for > various J2EE > features, and talk about what was easier or harder to do in Perl. > Because of the size of the Pet Store codebase and the > complexity of the > environment required to run it (multiple databases, etc.), it > may not be > possible to do a good performance benchmark. However comparisons on > other fronts (amount of code, ease of maintenance, etc.) > would be made. I'd be curious on this if only to have some ammunition to show people who say Perl isn't as good as Java and that sort of thing. Also, a reference application on par with the pet store would be a valuable tool in the toolbox for all of us Perl folks and people new to Perl but familiar with Java would probably love this. If I had to pick, though, the first proposal would have more of an impact on my day-to-day perl duties. -Fran
