Hello,
Following Christiaan's lead, I'm also writing this to ask for input for
Google Summer of Code. I will also be applying for Catalyst this year,
on the same project as last year, i.e. reworking Catalyst component
loading system using Bread::Board.
Last summer I did implement the component loading system, but it is
still not ready to be released. If you try the code from the
gsoc_breadboard branch, you can create your own custom container. But
some things aren't quite ready to be used. For instance, setting the
lifetime of the component to "per request" is not working, and the sugar
syntax (which, while not required, is pretty cool!) is also not
finished. Also, some features were removed or deprecated, and back
compat is needed. In the last few weeks of GSOC, while implementing the
new features, some things had to be broken and important modules like
Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema stopped working with the branch.
So, summing up, it does load everything with Bread::Board, it is
possible to use the new features, Config::Loader is merged into the
core, and we're approaching a developer release. But we have a couple of
blocker bugs that were introduced, which shouldn't take long to fix.
Aside from that, there's room for improvement in sugary syntax, and
maybe other features. Lots of tests to make sure it won't break anything
that was working before, and also lots of documentation, because most
people have a hard time understanding what Bread::Board is about, and
how it can be used to improve Catalyst :)
So this is what I've got so far to write my proposal to this year's
GSoC. Other than that, I'd like to hear from you. What do you want to be
able to do with Catalyst's new component loading system?
Regards,
André
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Following Christiaan's lead, I'm also writing this to ask for input for
Google Summer of Code. I will also be applying for Catalyst this year,
on the same project as last year, i.e. reworking Catalyst component
loading system using Bread::Board.
Last summer I did implement the component loading system, but it is
still not ready to be released. If you try the code from the
gsoc_breadboard branch, you can create your own custom container. But
some things aren't quite ready to be used. For instance, setting the
lifetime of the component to "per request" is not working, and the sugar
syntax (which, while not required, is pretty cool!) is also not
finished. Also, some features were removed or deprecated, and back
compat is needed. In the last few weeks of GSOC, while implementing the
new features, some things had to be broken and important modules like
Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema stopped working with the branch.
So, summing up, it does load everything with Bread::Board, it is
possible to use the new features, Config::Loader is merged into the
core, and we're approaching a developer release. But we have a couple of
blocker bugs that were introduced, which shouldn't take long to fix.
Aside from that, there's room for improvement in sugary syntax, and
maybe other features. Lots of tests to make sure it won't break anything
that was working before, and also lots of documentation, because most
people have a hard time understanding what Bread::Board is about, and
how it can be used to improve Catalyst :)
So this is what I've got so far to write my proposal to this year's
GSoC. Other than that, I'd like to hear from you. What do you want to be
able to do with Catalyst's new component loading system?
Regards,
André
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