02/04/2007
Desperately seeking... a lightweight Perl web framework
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Perl Application Frameworks
lCGI::Application + CGI::Session  lightweight, easy to use, reliable, full control, open
l Watch out for CGI::Builder, based on CGI::App but used to have Makefile.PL that downloaded and eval'd code, also bizarre "Perlish" coding style   
; use 5.006_001   
; use Carp   
; $Carp::Internal{+__PACKAGE__}++   
; $Carp::Internal{__PACKAGE__.'::_'}++    ; use IO::Util
lCGI::Framework
fixed - glue between HTML::Template, CGI::Session, CGI, Locale::Maketext  last release 11-Oct-2005
lJifty  one true way: database mapper, template, web services, AJAX toolkit, handlers for FastCGI  continuations, form-based dispatch  "Jifty is the only web application framework that comes with a pony“
lGantry + Bigtop  Apache/mod_perl, MVC  Bigtop - web application data language processor, app generator
lOpenInteract + SPOPS  Complex, slow, powerful, CMS-oriented permissions  last release 18-Mar-2005
lCatalyst
agnostic, MVC, complex, magic, powerful, slow (third time in NEXT/C3 OO extension), well tested  Works well with DBIx::Class and TT2; can also use Class:DBI, HTML::Mason  Many plugins for auth, XML etc.
lMaypole (ancestor of Catalyst)  similar approach  Class::DBI, TT2