>From a fellow lurker to another, I would be interested in reading your perspective.
- Marilyn On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Mike Bourdon <perl_fin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Very interesting topic, byline and responses. > > For the last 5 years I have been Perl recruiter (24 years overall as a > technical headhunter) based out of Southern Ca. > > Many on this list have talked/worked with me, most however would not > recognize this screen name. > > I would be more than happy to share my insights as it relates to the "job" > / "candidate" market conditions. > > If there are enough affirmative replies I will in the near future post a > more detailed dissertation. > > If not, I will continue to lurk in the shadows. > > Long live PERL > > --- On *Mon, 3/23/09, Louis-David Mitterrand < > vindex+lists-modp...@apartia.org <vindex%2blists-modp...@apartia.org>>*wrote: > > > From: Louis-David Mitterrand > <vindex+lists-modp...@apartia.org<vindex%2blists-modp...@apartia.org> > > > Subject: decline and fall of modperl? > To: modperl@perl.apache.org > Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 6:07 AM > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > Hi and sorry for the provocative title of my post :) > > One of our customers is doing a detailed review of a mason/modperl ERP > app we've built for them since 2001. Prodded by some buzzword-compliant > consultants they are expressing concerns that the app's underlying > technologies - perl, modperl and mason - are becoming obsolete. They > feel that a web application framework must have 'rails' or some other > buzzword in its name. > > But their main argument is that perl is declining as a web developement > language. Also they rightly feel that competent perl developers are > becoming harder to find. > > What arguements could I use to address these concerns and convince them > that their initial investement in perl is still safe and won't be > obsolete in 10 years? > > The client's local developers (who maintain the app we've built) feel > that mason gives too much freedom to write messy code and badly > structure a web app. > > Indeed mason has very little constraints, maybe just slightly more than > straight modperl. So it requires experienced, self-disciplined devs, > which are few and far between. > > So my second question is, what perl web development framework should we > recommend to our client? Catalyst looks like a winner, but maybe there > are others? > > Thanks for your insights, > > >
