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Catalyst::Controller::reCAPTCHA
It's Catalyst::Controller::reCAPTCHA on cpan and comes with documentation and a simple example application. If anyone wants to add patches for Captcha::reCAPTCHA::Mailhide api, feel free
By the way, watch out for testing this on your dev box - I got myself banned from reCaptcha for several hours by posting continually failing recaptchas.
WIAB hits version 0.02
Catalyst Javascript Testbed
$ catalyst.pl MyApp
$ cd MyApp
# put this in MyApp::Controller::Root
sub default : Path {
my ( $self, $c, $arg ) = @_;
unless ($arg =~
$c->res->status('404');
$c->res->body('404 not found');
}
else {
$c->config->{$arg}++;
$c->res->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
$c->res->body($c->config->{$arg});
}
}
sub index : Private {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
$c->res->redirect($c->uri_for('/static/index.htm'));
}
# download your js libraries of choice (jquery here) to root/static/js (create dir as nescessary)
# And in
<html><head></head><body>
<script src="/static/js/jquery-1.1.2.pack.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jq = jQuery.noConflict();
<script>
# your html here pre-written or inserted with js debugger
</body></html>
Woosh, off we go...
WIAB templates
Javascript n00b part 1
Unfortunately, javascript is a pain, but getting better. Unfortunately there seem to be a few good books out there, and none of them in my local library. Time to create my own resource for learning javascript! WTFM indeed. So following the advice of people who know, I downloaded the Core Javascript Guide. To give myself an interactive environment for learning Javascript I downloaded Firebug and off we go.
First up is the chapter on variables. Open up the Firebug inspector (a green tick in the lower rhs of my browser here) and declare a string in the interaction line (right at the bottom of the window with three blue angle brackets (>>>) like so:
a = "Hi";
Then:
window.alert(a);
There we go, scalar variable naming and browser interactivity all in one go. Next up the rest of the chapter.
BTW while this isn't directly relevant to Catalyst, people do pop up on IRC asking for the "best javascript book" and the approach above seems a reasonable substitute.
Update: I found the little gray V at the far right hand side of the firebug eval area in firebug. Turns out you can eval blocks of code too
a = 'foo';
b= 'bar';
if (a == 'foo' && b != 'bar') { window.alert(a)}
else {
window.alert(b)
}
Update: (again). A little birdie tells me that I should declare my variables with var a = 'Hi'. Something to do with scoping issues. I guess once I understand how to do data structures in javascript I'll be working out scope and how to do something "use strict" like.
WIAB Updates
- Clean templates add styled to forms and release non js stable version
- Wysywig dojo editor
- Par deployment
- Orderable menus (javascript only)
- Internal links and image addresses via textile/dojo plugin
- Make images slightly easier to deal with.
- Provide image upload area (with auto-resize?)
- Sensible cacheing (pref a static file cache so pages only need to be generated once).
- Remove remaining warnings (also ongoing)
Along the way to getting Dojo into WIAB, I found an "interesting" interaction bug between Template::Plugin::CGI and the built in Catalyst test server... Must report that problem. Something to do with CGI expecting stuff from STDIN at inappropriate times.
Naturally if I have any volunteers for any of the above jobs
Website in a Box
Website in a box is a Catalyst based content management system for individuals and small groups. It's got Google Code project space and a reasonably comprehensive test suite. It does some "Search Engine Optimisation" for you and has been built to be easy to hack on.
It's also a nice application to look at if you want to learn Catalyst.
but computer language design is just like a stroll in the park.
Jurassic Park, that is.
--Larry Wall in <1994Jun15.074039.2654@netlabs.com>
