Hi, The P5EEx::Blue prototype area is ready for alpha users. That is, it is genuinely useful for the following tasks:
* read-only RDBMS (DBI) reporting application If there is anyone interested in downloading, installing, and configuring this for use, I will be happy to work with you and get feedback. Ultimately, I hope to get developers interested in commenting on the architecture and contributing to the development. The next feature to be added is update capability (add Data Maintenance capabilities on top of Reporting capabilities). A demo of these capabilities can be seen via the new Demos page at http://www.officevision.com/pub/p5ee/demo.html The demo is a CGI application (p5x) that maintains its state via an HTML hidden variable (MIME'd, compressed, frozen Storable). Take a look. It is only an early demonstration of capabilities. However, it demonstrates the P5EEx::Blue framework. I think the best thing about P5EEx::Blue is that it takes every issue which is highly controversial and begins to define abstract interfaces behind which any number of interfaces can be supported. (TemplateEngine, Repository, Session, etc.) These pluggable implementations are called P5EE Services. Constructive feedback is welcome. Stephen P.S. It does introduce a new UI paradigm called Widgets, whereas the reigning conventional wisdom in web development is that templates are the way to go. In the Widget view, a Template could be wrapped in a Widget or Widgets embedded in a Template. I have tried to create a framework which provides the most possible benefit to the widest audience, even those audiences which don't buy in completely to the P5EE approach (or who are migrating code from an old approach).
