Suggest some good MVC framework in perl [closed]

Answer 1

Another options is Gantry when used in conjunction with the BigTop module it can reduce the time it takes to build simple CRUD sites.

Answer 2

Been playing with Squatting the last few days and I have to say it looks very promising and been fun to use.

Its a micro webframework (or web microframework ;-) and is heavily influenced by Camping which is written in Ruby.

NB. Squatting (& Camping) don't have model components baked into the framework. Here's the authors comments on models... "Models? The whole world is your model. ;-) I've always been ambivalent about defining policy here. Use whatever works for you"

Answer 3

There is also CGI::Application, which is more like the guts of a framework. It helps a person to write basic CGI's and glue bits on to it to make it as custom as they like. So you can have it use hardly any modules, or just about everyone under the sun.

Answer 4

I'll tell you right now that Catalyst has by far the best reputation amongst Perl developers in terms of a rapid application development MVC framework.

In terms of "pure" MVC I'm not sure there are even that many "mature" or at least production-ready alternatives.

If Catalyst doesn't seem right to you, then you could build upon the lightweight framework CGI::Application to suit your needs or take a look at some of the lesser known MVC frameworks like PageKit and Maypole.

Answer 5

Catalyst is the way to go. There is also Jifty, but (last time I looked), it had terrible documentation.

Answer 6

There is also Clearpress which I can recommend as a useful database backed application. It needs fewer dependencies than Catalyst. We have written a few large applications with it, and I run a badminton ladder website using it.