svn co http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial/ CatalystTutorial
-This will download the most recent tarball for each chapter of the
-tutorial into the CatalystTutorial directory on your machine.
+This will download the most recent code for each chapter of the
+tutorial into the CatalystTutorial directory on your machine.
B<These reference implementations are provided so that when you follow
the tutorial, you can use the code from the subversion repository to
for some of the key modules), so B<if you think you might be running
into an issue related to versions> (for example, a module changed its
behavior in a newer version or a bug was introduced), B<it might be
-worth giving Debian 5 a try>. See the "CATALYST INSTALLATION"
-section below for more information.
+worth giving Debian 5 a try>.
-If you're reading this manual online, you can download the example
+If you plan to follow along with Debian 5, you can jump down to the
+"Debian" section under L</"CATALYST INSTALLATION"> below and it will walk you
+though the setup of a fully functional Catalyst environment. If you
+would prefer to install directly from CPAN, you can download the example
program and all the necessary dependencies to your local machine by
-installing the C<Task::Catalyst::Tutorial> distribution from CPAN:
+installing the C<Task::Catalyst::Tutorial> distribution:
cpan Task::Catalyst::Tutorial
=item *
The use of SQLite as a database (with code also provided for MySQL and
-PostgreSQL).
+PostgreSQL). (Note: Because we make use of the DBIx::Class Object
+Relational Mapping [ORM] layer, out our application will be database
+agnostic and can easily be used by any of the databases supported
+by DBIx::Class.)
=item *
-The use of L<HTML::FormFu|HTML::FormFu> for automated form processing
-and validation.
+The use of L<HTML::FormFu|HTML::FormFu> or L<HTML::FormHandler|HTML::FormHandler>
+for automated form processing and validation.
=back
=item *
-Catalyst v5.80004
+Catalyst v5.80013
=item *
-Catalyst::Devel v1.10
+Catalyst::Devel v1.21
=item *
-DBIx::Class v0.08102
+DBIx::Class v0.08112
=item *
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication -- v0.10011
+Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication -- v0.10015
=item *
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader -- v0.22
+Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader -- v0.27
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::Session -- v0.20
+Catalyst::Plugin::Session -- v0.29
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::Session::State::Cookie -- v0.10
+Catalyst::Plugin::Session::State::Cookie -- v0.17
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap -- v0.07
+Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap -- v0.13
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace -- v0.09
+Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace -- v0.11
=item *
-Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple -- v0.21
+Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple -- v0.25
=back
perl -M<_mod_name_> -e '"print $<_mod_name_>::VERSION\n"'
For example:
- perl -MCatalyst::Plugin::StackTrace -e 'print "$Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace::VERSION\n"'
-Since the web browser is being used on the same box where Perl and the
-Catalyst development server is running, the URL of
-C<http://localhost:3000> will be used (the Catalyst development server
-defaults to port 3000). If you are running Perl on a different box than
-where your web browser is located (or using a different port number via
-the C<-p> I<port_number> option to the development server), then you
-will need to update the URL you use accordingly.
+ perl -MCatalyst -e 'print "$Catalyst::VERSION\n";'
+
+or:
+
+ perl -MCatalyst::Devel -e 'print "$Catalyst::Devel::VERSION\n";'
=item *
-Depending on the web browser you are using, you might need to hit
-C<Shift+Reload> or C<Ctrl+Reload> to pull a fresh page when testing
-your application at various points (see
-L<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_your_cache> for a comprehensive
+This tutorial will assume that the web browser is located on the same
+system where the Catalyst development server is running, and
+therefore use a URL of C<http://localhost:3000> (the Catalyst
+development server defaults to port 3000). If you are running Perl on
+a different box than where your web browser is located (or using a
+different port number via the C<-p> I<port_number> option to the
+development server), then you will need to update the URL you use
+accordingly.
+
+Please Note: Depending on the web browser you are using, you might
+need to hit C<Shift+Reload> or C<Ctrl+Reload> to pull a fresh page
+when testing your application at various points (see
+L<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_your_cache> for a comprehensive
list of options for each browser). Also, the C<-k> keepalive option
to the development server can be necessary with some browsers
(especially Internet Explorer).
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude -y install sqlite3 libdbd-sqlite3-perl libcatalyst-perl \
- libcatalyst-modules-perl libconfig-general-perl libsql-translator-perl \
- libdatetime-perl libdatetime-format-mysql-perl libio-all-perl \
- libperl6-junction-perl libmoosex-emulate-class-accessor-fast-perl \
- libdbix-class-timestamp-perl
-
-Let it install (normally about a 30-second operaton) and you are done.
-(Note the '\' above. Depending on your environment, you might be able
-to cut and paste the text as shown or need to remove the '\'
+ libcatalyst-modules-perl libdbix-class-timestamp-perl \
+ libdbix-class-encodedcolumn-perl libperl6-junction-perl \
+ libdatetime-format-sqlite-perl libconfig-general-perl \
+ libhtml-formfu-model-dbic-perl
+
+Let it install (normally about a 30 to 90-second operaton) and you are
+done. (Note the '\' above. Depending on your environment, you might
+be able to cut and paste the text as shown or need to remove the '\'
characters to that the command is all on a single line.)
If you are using an image other than the "rescue" ISO, you will also need
=item *
If you are installing modules from CPAN, you can free up some space
-with "C<rm -rf /root/.cpan/*>".
+with "C<rm -rf /root/.cpan/*>" (change "/root/" in the previous
+command to match your home directory or the location where CPAN
+has been configured to perform build operations).
=item *
B<NOTE:> You can run the test cases for the final code through Chapter 8
with the following commands:
- sudo cpan Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema Time::Warp DBICx::TestDatabase \
- DBIx::Class::DynamicDefault DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn
wget http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial/MyApp_Chapter8.tgz
tar zxvf MyApp_Chapter8.tgz
cd MyApp
- CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib t
+ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove -wl t
-If you wish to include the L<HTML::FormFu|HTML::FormFu> section in
-your tests, substitute C<MyApp_Chapter9_FormFu.tgz> for
-C<MyApp_Chapter8.tgz> in the URL above. However, you will also need to
-run the following additional commands:
+If you wish to include the L<HTML::FormFu|HTML::FormFu> section in your tests,
+substitute C<MyApp_Chapter9_FormFu.tgz> for C<MyApp_Chapter8.tgz> in the URL
+above.
- sudo aptitude -y install libhtml-formfu-perl libmoose-perl \
- libregexp-assemble-perl libhtml-formfu-model-dbic-perl
- sudo aptitude clean
- sudo cpan Catalyst::Component::InstancePerContext Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu
+ wget http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial/MyApp_Chapter9_FormFu.tgz
+ tar zxvf MyApp_Chapter8.tgz
+ cd MyApp
+ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove -wl t
You can also fire up the application under the development server that is conveniently
built in to Catalyst. Just issue this command from the C<MyApp> directory where you
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