X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FComponents.pod;h=ff332148008e55fc75c065b5e6b195bfe1c92113;hb=f9ce297698249b24617c5a60e7c625f2005be144;hp=c64a261249ac1bc4c09e88da4608f01b80c02d4f;hpb=4790245b9b95f2e5fa43a43a389b62ea902f0f1e;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Manual.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod index c64a261..ff33214 100644 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod @@ -18,15 +18,20 @@ status or preferred use of your chosen plugin/framework. =head1 PLUGINS +Take care with plugins! In general with a plugin ask "should this be +acting globally on my application?". If not it should be a +Controller Role (e.g. see L. + =head2 L Provides Account Auto-Discovery for Catalyst. =head2 L -Implements a potent meme about how easily we can read scrambled text if -the first and last letters remain constant. Operates on text/plain and -text/html served by your Catalyst application. +Implements a demonstration showing how easily fluent speakers can read +scrambled text if the first and last letters remain constant but the middle +. Operates on text/plain and text/html served by your Catalyst application. +This should really be a controller role, or even a View these days. =head2 L @@ -48,9 +53,9 @@ Note that newer versions of the authentication plugin allow multiple C, so that you can authenticate users in different ways in different parts of your application. -This, however, has involved deprecated all classes in the -C and -C namespaces. +This, however, has involved deprecating all classes in the +C and +C namespaces. These plugins are still usable, but they have mostly been replaced with new modules in the new namespace which will work together. @@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ This module implements the Catalyst::Authentication API for L. =head4 L -Allows you to use a plain L database connection to identify users. +Allows you to use a plain L database connection to identify users. =head4 L @@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ Authenticates users using an LDAP server. =head4 L Lets you create a very quick and dirty user database in your application's -config hash. Great for getting up and running quickly. +config hash. Great for testing or getting up and running quickly. =head4 L @@ -263,16 +268,10 @@ L =head2 L -=head2 L - -Sends email with L and L. - =head2 L =head2 L -=head2 L - =head2 L A plugin based on C, which describes itself as a module