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| DATE | 2020-08-04 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] suggestions for perl as web development
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On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 05:04:50PM +0200, André Warnier (tomcat/perl) wrote:
> On 04.08.2020 11:31, paul trader wrote:
> >On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 07:36, James Smith opined:
> >
> >JS:Others will disagree but the best way I still believe is using mod_perl
> >JS:- but only if you use it's full power - and you probably need a special
> >JS:sort of mind set to use - but that can be said for any language.
> >
> >i will second this motion. mod_perls ability to hook into any step of the
> >process apache uses to serve up a page makes it easy to design a web
> >solution that can be tailored for any solution.
> >
>
> Let me agree and add to that.
>
> If your purpose is simply to write "classic web applications" (in
> the sense of user interface etc), then there are probably nowadays
> easier and "more modern" tools than mod_perl; and indeed it is a
> problem to find young programmers who already know perl.
> (It is not difficult however for a good young programmer, to learn
> perl. And I would always prefer a good young programmer who doesn't
> know perl yet, over a not so good young programmer who knows
> everything except perl.)
>
> On the other hand, if your kind of project involves a very tight
> integration with all aspects of Apache httpd, then there really
> isn't any other tool than mod_perl to do it.
> It is difficult in a short message like this to detail all the ways
> that you can interact with Apache httpd to get things done, but have
> a look at the schema here :
>
> https://www.askapache.com/s/s.askapache.net/httpd/modules/modsecurity-apache_2.1.4/doc/html-multipage/04-processing-phases.html
>
> and imagine that, with mod_perl, you can interact with Apache httpd
> and control virtually everything that happens within any of those
> boxes (and even between them).
> Together, Apache httpd + mod_perl are a tool for creating complex
> web-based applications, which has no equivalent anywhere (not with
> any other webserver, not with any other programming language, not
> with any kind of OS)(in the open-source/free world).
> In addition, using mod_perl does not prevent you from using any
> other Apache add-on module or any other development tool in addition
> (in whatever programming language you choose). mod_perl just allows
> you to do more, and faster.
>
> A possible problem with mod_perl may be its continued support,
> considering the kind of discussions (hopefully temporary) going on
> at the moment in the perl 5.x/7.x development community.
> But I believe that there is such a wide existing base of solid web
> applications based on perl, mod_perl and the (also incomparable)
> CPAN library, that any idea of dropping support for them, would be
> for some time quite far in the future.
>
Everything depends....
Consider this though, when whipping up your new JSOm superwidget dodad
enterprise project...
How many platforms can survive 30 years. Mod_Perl/Apache.
How many platforms can be taken seriously with regard to privacy?
If I am doing a serious enterprise for something like healthcare, you
need to consider mod_perl for the longevity and security.
Concurancy is a problem that the modperl team and perl team should fix.
> P.S. As an example : I am at the moment working on expanding an
> Apache/mod_perl user authentication module, that has to be able to
> authenticate users using either of HTTP Basic, LDAP, SAML, SPNEGO
> (Windows), OpenId, SiteMinder (tm), client IP and and login-form
> based authentication, while delivering a consistent "user profile"
> to follow-up web applications.
> And I cannot think of any other tool than Apache/mod_perl which would allow me to do this.
> (except this : https://metacpan.org/pod/Apache2::AuthAny, but that is also mod_perl based)
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