On 21 May 2002 at 22:23, Gregory Matthews wrote:
Here's an odd question for you. Why is it when I go to places like
cgi-resources.com and other cgi repositories, mod_perl applications
are far and few between...commercially that is?
All I see are common cgi scripts written in plain perl.
Does it have anything to do with the configurability tasks involved on
the customers box, i.e., once the sale is made?
If this is the wrong place for a question like this, I apologize.
Just curious.
I think it's a good question. Unlike I reckon most people on this
list, I live in a virtual world. I started my first programming job
at an ad agency and even the site we did for FedEx went on a virtual
server. I think the vast majority of people out there are also
running virtual servers. Only recently did the company we host at
offer mod_perl as an option.
But then to offer an application for the public at large (not just to
mod_perl developers) to download and install ... well, that's
another beast. Always best to look at those with some expertise.
Extropia for example. I downloaded their ProjectTracker and it was a
cgi installation (and made extremely easy to install). I didn't look
but I bet I could turn it into a handler. I took their experience and
turned my image gallery application into a cgi application. Anyone
who knows can turn the cgi handlers into mod_perl handlers otherwise
it will work in standard cgi environment or under Apache::Registry.
Even so, when helping people (and usually people for whom an ftp gui
is tech) install cgi applications on virtual servers is rarely
simple.
Even today I cannot run most of the large scale mod_perl applications
as I'm still using virtual servers and most of the mod_perl apps
require a greater degree of control than I have.
PHP on the other hand, it's everywhere. I have a link to a PHP image
gallery on my site that is quite nice. I offer it as an alternative
to my application . It can be installed from the web browser. I have
installed Perl cgi applications where that was been done as well. I
cannot imagine doing that for mod_perl applications though.
In short, mod_perl applications using handlers has a very dedicated
and passionate but limited audience imho.
Peter
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