Mojolicious- advocating for evaluation at RMG

by Árpád Szász 2012

Disclaimer

● No comparison with Catalyst or Dancer

Disclaimer

● No comparison with Catalyst or Dancer● Highlight Mojolicious' strenght points

Disclaimer

● No comparison with Catalyst or Dancer● Highlight Mojolicious' strength points● 2 years experience using Mojolicious

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

● Concept based initially on Sinatra (Ruby), steals ideas from other frameworks

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

● Concept based initially on Sinatra (Ruby), steals ideas from other frameworks

● Focus on supporting latest web technologies

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

● Concept based initially on Sinatra (Ruby), steals ideas from other frameworks

● Focus on supporting latest web technologies● “Duct tape for the HTML5 web”

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

● Concept based initially on Sinatra (Ruby), steals ideas from other frameworks

● Focus on supporting latest web technologies● “Duct tape for the HTML5 web”● Active and helpful community

Introduction

● Development started in late 2008 by Sebastian Reidel (original developer of Catalyst)

● Concept based initially on Sinatra (Ruby), steals ideas from other frameworks

● Focus on supporting latest web technologies● “Duct tape for the HTML5 web”● Active and helpful community

Highlights

● Flexibility

Highlights

● Flexibility● Self-contained

Highlights

● Flexibility● Self-contained● Fast-prototyping

Highlights

● Flexibility● Self-contained● Fast-prototyping● Built-in web servers

Highlights

● Flexibility● Self-contained● Fast-prototyping● Built-in web servers● Realtime/async features

Flexibility

● Modular design

Flexibility

● Modular design– Mojo – runtime environment

Flexibility

● Modular design– Mojo – runtime environment

– Mojolicious::Lite – fast prototyping

Flexibility

● Modular design– Mojo – runtime environment

– Mojolicious::Lite – fast prototyping

– Mojolicious.pm – full-featured web applications

Flexibility

● Suitable to any workflow– No built-in Model

Flexibility

● Suitable to any workflow– No built-in Model

– No rigid constraints imposed by design

Flexibility

● Suitable to any workflow– No built-in Model

– No rigid constraints imposed by design

– Customizable RESTful routes dispatcher

Self-contained

● Single 500kB CPAN distribution (only requirement is Perl 5.10.1+)

● Has built-in templating engine, but supports others through plugins

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

– JSON

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

– JSON

– testing

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

– JSON

– testing

– real-time web technologies: Comet (long-polling), Eventsource, websockets

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

– JSON

– testing

– real-time web technologies: Comet (long-polling), Eventsource, websockets

Self-contained

● Built-in support for:– client-side sessions

– JSON

– testing

– real-time web technologies: Comet (long-polling), Eventsource, websockets

– PSGI (Plack), IPv6, etc.

Fast prototyping

● Create Mojolicious::Lite application

Fast prototyping

● Create Mojolicious::Lite application● Test with built-in development web-server

Fast prototyping

● Create Mojolicious::Lite application● Test with built-in development web-server

(morbo)● Convert to full application (Mojolicious)

Hypnotoad

● Built-in high-performance web server

Hypnotoad

● Built-in high-performance web server:– Non blocking I/O HTTP and Websocket server

Hypnotoad

● Built-in high-performance web server:– Non blocking I/O HTTP and Websocket server

– Hot deployment support

Hypnotoad

● Built-in high-performance web server:– Non blocking I/O HTTP and Websocket server

– Hot deployment support

– Usual setup: Hypnotoad behind nginx reverse-proxy

Testing

● TDD mentality (over 10.000 tests)

Testing

● TDD mentality (over 10.000 tests)● Test::Mojo built-in framework