The best part is that Catalyst implements all this flexibility in a very simple way.
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=item * B<Building Block Interface>
Components interoperate very smoothly. For example, Catalyst automatically makes a L<Context> object available in every component. Via the context, you can access the request object, share data between components, and control the flow of your application. Building a Catalyst application feels a lot like snapping together toy building blocks, and everything just works.
Catalyst provides helper scripts to quickly generate running starter code for components and unit tests.
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=head2 Quickstart
Here's how to install Catalyst and get a simple application up and running, using the helper scripts described above.
script/server.pl
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- perl -I/home/joeuser/myapp/lib -MCatalyst::Test=MyApp -e1 3000
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...then visit http://localhost:3000/ in a browser to view the output.
You can also do it all from the command line:
script/test.pl http://localhost/
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- perl -I/home/joeuser/myapp/lib -MCatalyst::Test=MyApp -e1 http://localhost/
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Have fun!
=head1 SUPPORT