X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Manual.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FComponents.pod;h=45283e6d0c53e209ef84fa84759a34436eeea59a;hp=b2c739cb9a43543bded9fb0687260b8c9d7b1b97;hb=e8200f38d465b85ad84eb11718db1e61230ce73b;hpb=57016d870336b770ee8d83b0d83ca402fb2ad7dc diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod index b2c739c..45283e6 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 @@ -230,10 +235,10 @@ the C<< Cache:: >> APO, such as: =head2 L -Provides specific charset handlers for the Japanese charsets. - =head2 L +Provides specific charset handlers for the Japanese charsets. + =head2 L =head2 L @@ -440,23 +445,23 @@ Allows your Controller class to dispatch XMLRPC methods from its own class. =head2 L -Catalyst integration for . +Catalyst integration for L. =head1 MODELS =head2 L -The C (CDBI) model class. It is built on top of -C, which automates the definition of C +The L (CDBI) model class. It is built on top of +L, which automates the definition of L sub-classes by scanning the underlying table schemas, setting up columns and primary keys. =head2 L -A neutral interface to the C module which does not attempt +A neutral interface to the L module which does not attempt to automate table setup. It allows the user to manually set up -C classes, either by doing so within the Catalyst model -classes themselves, or by inheriting from existing C +L classes, either by doing so within the Catalyst model +classes themselves, or by inheriting from existing L classes. =head2 L