Comments on: Perl is dead – or is it not? http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-is-dead-not Perl, CPAN, YAPC... et ceatera Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=4165 hourly 1 By: Nice people I met at YAPC::EU – continued « Perl http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-is-dead-not/comment-page-1#comment-120 Nice people I met at YAPC::EU – continued « Perl Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=34#comment-120 [...] Gábor Szabó – no, not the hungarian guitarist, nor football player, but the guy who makes Padre and advertises perl so it does not die. [...] [...] Gábor Szabó – no, not the hungarian guitarist, nor football player, but the guy who makes Padre and advertises perl so it does not die. [...]

]]> By: David Burch http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-is-dead-not/comment-page-1#comment-16 David Burch Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:54:35 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=34#comment-16 I love Perl, but the main problem I see with writing modern web applications in Perl is with problems setting the up development environment. I use Perl for lot's of day-to-day tasks and cronjob programs at work. But it's the last tool I think of when I'm freelancing and client comes to me needing a website. In darn near any hosting account the client has I can install WordPress in one click, and write PHP plugins that very quickly get the job done. Or better yet, install the Thesis theme and use custom functions instead. BTW: I have tried setting up Catalyst multiple times in multiple environments and have always met with failure. IMHO, it only works if you have complete control over the environment, which is often not the case. I would love to see a WordPress-type app written in Perl, with a one click install, but it ain't gonna happen--I've been waiting too long [Prove me wrong please and I'll happily eat my words as I'll have a dream development environment]. I love Perl, but the main problem I see with writing modern web applications in Perl is with problems setting the up development environment.

I use Perl for lot’s of day-to-day tasks and cronjob programs at work. But it’s the last tool I think of when I’m freelancing and client comes to me needing a website.

In darn near any hosting account the client has I can install WordPress in one click, and write PHP plugins that very quickly get the job done. Or better yet, install the Thesis theme and use custom functions instead.

BTW: I have tried setting up Catalyst multiple times in multiple environments and have always met with failure. IMHO, it only works if you have complete control over the environment, which is often not the case.

I would love to see a WordPress-type app written in Perl, with a one click install, but it ain’t gonna happen–I’ve been waiting too long [Prove me wrong please and I'll happily eat my words as I'll have a dream development environment].

]]> By: Moritz http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-is-dead-not/comment-page-1#comment-8 Moritz Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:16:53 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=34#comment-8 Skip the negations - just tell everybody that Perl is alive and kicking. Skip the negations – just tell everybody that Perl is alive and kicking.

]]> By: Gabor Szabo http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-is-dead-not/comment-page-1#comment-7 Gabor Szabo Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:16:51 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=34#comment-7 Join a Perl project that <a href="http://padre.perlide.org/" rel="nofollow">helps newbies</a> or makes it easier to <a href="http://www.catalystframework.org/" rel="nofollow">develop modern web applications in Perl</a>, or <a href="http://sdl.perl.org/" rel="nofollow">write games in Perl</a> just to name a few. Join a Perl project that helps newbies or makes it easier to develop modern web applications in Perl, or write games in Perl just to name a few.

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