Catalyst> line of your application class will be plugins, Catalyst
supports a limited number of flag options (of these, C<-Debug> is the
most common). See the documentation for
-C<https://metacpan.org/module/Catalyst|Catalyst.pm> to get details on
+L<https://metacpan.org/module/Catalyst|Catalyst.pm> to get details on
other flags (currently C<-Engine>, C<-Home>, C<-Log>, and C<-Stats>).
If you prefer, there are several other ways to enable debug output:
-Debug
ConfigLoader
Static::Simple
-
+
StackTrace
/;
screen that starts with "Caught exception in
MyApp::Controller::Root->index" with sections showing a stacktrace,
information about the Request and Response objects, the stash (something
-we will learn about soon), the applications configuration configuration.
+we will learn about soon), and the applications configuration.
B<Just don't forget to remove the die before you continue the tutorial!>
:-)
and add the following method to the controller:
=head2 list
-
+
Fetch all book objects and pass to books/list.tt2 in stash to be displayed
-
+
=cut
-
+
sub list :Local {
# Retrieve the usual Perl OO '$self' for this object. $c is the Catalyst
# 'Context' that's used to 'glue together' the various components
# that make up the application
my ($self, $c) = @_;
-
+
# Retrieve all of the book records as book model objects and store in the
# stash where they can be accessed by the TT template
# $c->stash(books => [$c->model('DB::Book')->all]);
# But, for now, use this code until we create the model later
$c->stash(books => '');
-
+
# Set the TT template to use. You will almost always want to do this
# in your action methods (action methods respond to user input in
# your controllers).
C<http://localhost:3000/books/list>, but "C<:Path('/list')>" would match
on C<http://localhost:3000/list> (because of the leading slash). You
can use C<:Args()> to specify how many arguments an action should
-accept. See L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro/Action_types> for more
+accept. See L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro/Action-types> for more
information and examples.
=item *
Then create C<root/src/books/list.tt2> in your editor and enter:
[% # This is a TT comment. -%]
-
+
[%- # Provide a title -%]
[% META title = 'Book List' -%]
-
+
[% # Note That the '-' at the beginning or end of TT code -%]
[% # "chomps" the whitespace/newline at that end of the -%]
[% # output (use View Source in browser to see the effect) -%]
-
+
[% # Some basic HTML with a loop to display books -%]
<table>
<tr><th>Title</th><th>Rating</th><th>Author(s)</th></tr>
=head1 ENABLE THE MODEL IN THE CONTROLLER
Open C<lib/MyApp/Controller/Books.pm> and un-comment the model code we
-left disabled earlier so that your version matches the following (un-
-comment the line containing C<[$c-E<gt>model('DB::Book')-E<gt>all]> and
-delete the next 2 lines):
+left disabled earlier so that your version matches the following
+(un-comment the line containing C<[$c-E<gt>model('DB::Book')-E<gt>all]>
+and delete the next 2 lines):
=head2 list
-
+
Fetch all book objects and pass to books/list.tt2 in stash to be displayed
-
+
=cut
-
+
sub list :Local {
# Retrieve the usual Perl OO '$self' for this object. $c is the Catalyst
# 'Context' that's used to 'glue together' the various components
# that make up the application
my ($self, $c) = @_;
-
+
# Retrieve all of the book records as book model objects and store
# in the stash where they can be accessed by the TT template
$c->stash(books => [$c->model('DB::Book')->all]);
-
+
# Set the TT template to use. You will almost always want to do this
# in your action methods (action methods respond to user input in
# your controllers).
| Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader 0.30 |
| Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace 0.11 |
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
-
+
[debug] Loaded dispatcher "Catalyst::Dispatcher"
[debug] Loaded engine "Catalyst::Engine"
[debug] Found home "/home/catalyst/MyApp"
| MyApp::Model::DB::BookAuthor | class |
| MyApp::View::HTML | instance |
'-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------'
-
+
[debug] Loaded Private actions:
.----------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------.
| Private | Class | Method |
| /books/index | MyApp::Controller::Books | index |
| /books/list | MyApp::Controller::Books | list |
'----------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------'
-
+
[debug] Loaded Path actions:
.-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------.
| Path | Private |
| /books | /books/index |
| /books/list | /books/list |
'-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------'
-
+
[info] MyApp powered by Catalyst 5.80020
HTTP::Server::PSGI: Accepting connections at http://0:3000
<title>[% template.title or "My Catalyst App!" %]</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="[% c.uri_for('/static/css/main.css') %]" />
</head>
-
+
<body>
<div id="outer">
<div id="header">
[%# Insert the page title -%]
<h1>[% template.title or site.title %]</h1>
</div>
-
+
<div id="bodyblock">
<div id="menu">
Navigation:
%]" title="Catalyst Welcome Page">Welcome</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- end menu -->
-
+
<div id="content">
[%# Status and error messages %]
<span class="message">[% status_msg %]</span>
[% content %]
</div><!-- end content -->
</div><!-- end bodyblock -->
-
+
<div id="footer">Copyright (c) your name goes here</div>
</div><!-- end outer -->
-
+
</body>
</html>
notice the following code:
=head1 RELATIONS
-
+
=head2 book_authors
-
+
Type: has_many
-
+
Related object: L<MyApp::Schema::Result::BookAuthor>
-
+
=cut
-
+
__PACKAGE__->has_many(
"book_authors",
"MyApp::Schema::Result::BookAuthor",
image" to the C<has_many> relationship we just looked at above:
=head1 RELATIONS
-
+
=head2 book
-
+
Type: belongs_to
-
+
Related object: L<MyApp::Schema::Result::Book>
-
+
=cut
-
+
__PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
"book",
"MyApp::Schema::Result::Book",
$ DBIC_TRACE=1 script/myapp_server.pl -r
Make sure that the application loads correctly and that you see the
-three dynamically created model class (one for each of the Result
+three dynamically created model classes (one for each of the Result
Classes we created).
Then hit the URL L<http://localhost:3000/books/list> with your browser
DBIx::Class):
SELECT me.id, me.title, me.rating FROM book me:
- SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
+ SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
JOIN author author ON author.id = me.author_id WHERE ( me.book_id = ? ): '1'
- SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
+ SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
JOIN author author ON author.id = me.author_id WHERE ( me.book_id = ? ): '2'
- SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
+ SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
JOIN author author ON author.id = me.author_id WHERE ( me.book_id = ? ): '3'
- SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
+ SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
JOIN author author ON author.id = me.author_id WHERE ( me.book_id = ? ): '4'
- SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
+ SELECT author.id, author.first_name, author.last_name FROM book_author me
JOIN author author ON author.id = me.author_id WHERE ( me.book_id = ? ): '5'
Also note in C<root/src/books/list.tt2> that we are using "| html", a
information that can appear in that field (and can therefore inject
markup or code if you don't "neutralize" those fields). In addition to
"| html", Template Toolkit has a variety of other useful filters that
-can found in the documentation for L<Template::Filters>. (While we are
-on the topic of security and escaping of dangerous values, one of the
-advantages of using tools like DBIC for database access or
+can be found in the documentation for L<Template::Filters>. (While we
+are on the topic of security and escaping of dangerous values, one of
+the advantages of using tools like DBIC for database access or
L<HTML::FormFu> for form management [see
-L<Chapter 9|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::09_AdvancedCRUD::09_FormFu>
+L<Chapter 9|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::09_AdvancedCRUD::09_FormFu>]
is that they automatically handle most escaping for you and therefore
dramatically increase the security of your app.)
In some situations, it can be useful to run your application and display
a page without using a browser. Catalyst lets you do this using the
-C<scripts/myapp_test.pl> script. Just supply the URL you wish to
+C<script/myapp_test.pl> script. Just supply the URL you wish to
display and it will run that request through the normal controller
dispatch logic and use the appropriate view to render the output
(obviously, complex pages may dump a lot of text to your terminal
You should get a page with the following message at the top:
- Caught exception in MyApp::Controller::Root->end "Forced debug -
+ Caught exception in MyApp::Controller::Root->end "Forced debug -
Scrubbed output at /usr/share/perl5/Catalyst/Action/RenderView.pm line 46."
Along with a summary of your application's state at the end of the
C<$c-E<gt>stash-E<gt>{template}> line has changed):
=head2 list
-
+
Fetch all book objects and pass to books/list.tt2 in stash to be displayed
-
+
=cut
-
+
sub list :Local {
# Retrieve the usual Perl OO '$self' for this object. $c is the Catalyst
# 'Context' that's used to 'glue together' the various components
# that make up the application
my ($self, $c) = @_;
-
+
# Retrieve all of the book records as book model objects and store in the
# stash where they can be accessed by the TT template
$c->stash(books => [$c->model('DB::Book')->all]);
-
+
# Set the TT template to use. You will almost always want to do this
# in your action methods (actions methods respond to user input in
# your controllers).
You should now be able to access the L<http://localhost:3000/books/list>
URL as before.
-B<NOTE:> Please note that if you use the default template technique, you
+B<NOTE:> If you use the default template technique, you
will B<not> be able to use either the C<$c-E<gt>forward> or the
C<$c-E<gt>detach> mechanisms (these are discussed in Chapter 2 and
Chapter 9 of the Tutorial).
-B<IMPORTANT:> Make sure that you do NOT skip the following section
+B<IMPORTANT:> Make sure that you do B<not> skip the following section
before continuing to the next chapter 4 Basic CRUD.