Moose::Manual - What is Moose, and how do I use it?
-=head2 DESCRIPTION
+=head1 WHAT IS MOOSE?
-Go read L<Moose::Manual>. This POD document still exists for the
-benefit of anyone out there who might've linked to it in the past.
+Moose is a I<complete> object system for Perl 5. Consider any modern
+object-oriented language (which Perl 5 definitely isn't). It provides
+keywords for attribute declaration, object construction, inheritance,
+and maybe more. These keywords are part of the language, and you don't
+care how they are implemented.
Moose aims to do the same thing for Perl 5 OO. We can't actually
create new keywords, but we do offer "sugar" that looks a lot like
-them. More importantly, with Moose, you I<declaratively define> your
-class, without needing to know about blessed hashrefs, accessor
-methods, and so on.
+them. More importantly, with Moose, you I<define your class
+declaratively>, without needing to know about blessed hashrefs,
+accessor methods, and so on.
-Moose helps you define the I<logical> structure of your classes, so
-you can focus on "what" rather than "how". With Moose, a class
-definition reads like a list of very concise English sentences.
+With Moose, you can concentrate on the I<logical> structure of your
+classes, focusing on "what" rather than "how". A class definition with
+Moose reads like a list of very concise English sentences.
Moose is built in top of C<Class::MOP>, a meta-object protocol (aka
MOP). Using the MOP, Moose provides complete introspection for all
Moose-using classes. This means you can ask classes about their
attributes, parents, children, methods, etc., all using a well-defined
-API. The MOP abstracts away tedious digging about in the Perl symbol
-table, looking at C<@ISA> vars, and all the other crufty Perl tricks
-we know and love(?).
+API. The MOP abstracts away the symbol table, looking at C<@ISA> vars,
+and all the other crufty Perl tricks we know and love(?).
Moose is based in large part on the Perl 6 object system, as well as
drawing on the best ideas from CLOS, Smalltalk, and many other
=head1 WHY MOOSE?
Moose makes Perl 5 OO both simpler and more powerful. It encapsulates
-all the tricks of Perl 5 power users in high-level declarative APIs
-which are easy to use, and doesn't require any special knowledge of
-how Perl works under the hood.
+Perl 5 power tools in high-level declarative APIs which are easy to
+use. Best of all, you don't need to be a wizard to use it.
-If you want to dig about in the guts, Moose lets you do that too, by
-using and extending its powerful introspection API.
+But if you want to dig about in the guts, Moose lets you do that too,
+by using and extending its powerful introspection API.
=head1 AN EXAMPLE
=item L<Moose::Manual::Construction>
Learn how objects are built in Moose, and in particular about the
-C<BUILD>, C<BUILDARGS> methods. Also covers object destruction
+C<BUILD> and C<BUILDARGS> methods. Also covers object destruction
with C<DEMOLISH>.
=item L<Moose::Manual::MethodModifiers>
This document shows a few of the most useful Moose extensions on CPAN.
+=item L<Moose::Manual::BestPractices>
+
+Moose has a lot of features, and there's definitely more than one way
+to do it. However, we think that picking a subset of these features
+and using them consistently makes everyone's life easier.
+
=back
=head1 JUSTIFICATION
=item Another object system!?!?
-Yes, I know there are many, many ways to build objects in Perl 5, many
-of them based on inside-out objects and other such things. Moose is
-different because it is not a new object system for Perl 5, but
+Yes, we know there are many, many ways to build objects in Perl 5,
+many of them based on inside-out objects and other such things. Moose
+is different because it is not a new object system for Perl 5, but
instead an extension of the existing object system.
Moose is built on top of L<Class::MOP>, which is a metaclass system
Moose has been used successfully in production environments by many
people and companies. There are Moose applications which have been in
-production with little or no issue now for well years. We consider it
-highly stable and we are commited to keeping it stable.
+production with little or no issue now for years. We consider it
+highly stable and we are committed to keeping it stable.
Of course, in the end, you need to make this call yourself. If you
have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Stevan, the
=item Is Moose just Perl 6 in Perl 5?
No. While Moose is very much inspired by Perl 6, it is not itself Perl
-6. Instead, it is an OO system for Perl 5. Stevan built Moose because
+6. Instead, it is an OO system for Perl 5. Stevan built Moose because
he was tired of writing the same old boring Perl 5 OO code, and
drooling over Perl 6 OO. So instead of switching to Ruby, he wrote
Moose :)
=back
-=head1 AUTHOR
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Dave Rolsky E<lt>autarch@urth.orgE<gt>
-Dave Rolsky E<lt>autarch@urth.orgE<gt> and Stevan Little
-E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
+Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-Copyright 2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
+Copyright 2008-2009 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
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