######################################################################### ## CGI::Application - Framework for building reusable web-applications ## ######################################################################### CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve. Download site for CGI::Application: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JE/JERLBAUM/ CHANGES SINCE VERSION 2.5: - Changed the run() method to use Perl's built-in dynamic method call for all run modes, whether by name or by code ref. This is intended to improve run-time performance somewhat. Thanks to Darin McBride for this patch. - Added new override-able method cgiapp_get_query(). This method is called when CGI::Application first needs access to the CGI query object. By default, this is a CGI.pm object. It is possible to override the cgiapp_get_query() method to return an object of some other module besides CGI.pm, providing that it is sufficiently compatible. Thanks to Eric Andreychek for the suggestion and his help troubleshooting the code. Read the recent "Using CGI::Application" article on Perl.com for an overview of the module and its usage: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/06/05/cgi.html HOW DO I INSTALL IT? To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this README file and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install CGI::Application builds on standard, non-proprietary technologies and techniques, such as the Common Gateway Interface and Lincoln D. Stein's excellent CGI.pm module. CGI::Application judiciously avoids employing technologies and techniques which would bind a developer to any one set of tools, operating system or web server. The guiding philosophy behind CGI::Application is that a web-based application can be organized into a specific set of "Run-Modes." Each Run-Mode is roughly analogous to a single screen (a form, some output, etc). All the Run-Modes are managed by a single "Application Module" which is a Perl module. In your web server's document space there is an "Instance Script" which is called by the web server as a CGI (or an Apache::Registry script if you're using Apache + mod_perl). CGI::Application is an Object-Oriented Perl module which implements an Abstract Class. It is not intended that this package be instantiated directly. Instead, it is intended that your Application Module will be implemented as a Sub-Class of CGI::Application. If you have any questions, comments, bug reports or feature suggestions, post them to the support mailing list! To join the mailing list, simply send a blank message to "cgiapp-subscribe@lists.erlbaum.net".