X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FIntro.pod;h=3cdaff079bfb4dfbf17867371fea3733193ab7e4;hb=2d0526d162eaee76807a5f7534820429c0395a03;hp=24e4a3eccc5295388f3f2b7b80f89f2eb141c000;hpb=47a792748b49cabce084f4ed40530bf174bb8624;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Manual.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod index 24e4a3e..3cdaff0 100644 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod @@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ with Catalyst, see L. =head2 What is Catalyst? Catalyst is an elegant web application framework, extremely flexible -yet extremely simple. It's similar to Ruby on Rails, Spring (Java), -and L, upon which it was originally based. Its most important -design philosphy is to provide easy access to all the tools you need -to develop web applications, with few restrictions on how you need to -use these tools. However, this does mean that it is always possible to -do things in a different way. Other web frameworks are B -simpler to use, but achieve this by locking the programmer into a -single set of tools. Catalyst's emphasis on flexibility means that you -have to think more to use it. We view this as a feature. For example, -this leads to Catalyst being more suited to system integration tasks -than other web frameworks. +yet extremely simple. It's similar to Ruby on Rails, Spring (Java), and +L, upon which it was originally based. Its most +important design philosphy is to provide easy access to all the tools +you need to develop web applications, with few restrictions on how you +need to use these tools. However, this does mean that it is always +possible to do things in a different way. Other web frameworks are +I simpler to use, but achieve this by locking the programmer +into a single set of tools. Catalyst's emphasis on flexibility means +that you have to think more to use it. We view this as a feature. For +example, this leads to Catalyst being more suited to system integration +tasks than other web frameworks. =head3 MVC