Re: [cgiapp] Random thoughts from a CGI::Application newbie

[Cees Hek <suppressed>]

On 7/1/05, Andrew Brosnan <suppressed> wrote:
> Regarding marketing, as I mentioned I was recently hired to do some
> maintenance on a CGI::Application site. I was very surprised when the
> director of development told me that the site was on the list to be
> redeveloped in .NET. When I asked why, the response was along the lines
> of 'CGI is so passe, buzzwords...blah, blah, blah,' It was as if he was
> embarrassed about the current code base. Interestingly, even though the
> site was running under mod_perl, I got the feeling he assumed the site
> was just running a bunch of Perl CGI scripts. It occurred to me that
> this was a perfectly reasonable assumption for a less technical person
> to make. After all, it's a site using *Perl* and *CGI*::Application.

Tell him that he should use the brand new
DotWhizBang::Enterprise::Solution that I have been working on instead.
 I have included a copy of the codebase below:

package DotWhizBang::Enterprise::Solution;
use base qw(CGI::Application);
1;

Seriously though, you will always run into people that use technology
based on how much hype there is built up around it, instead of looking
at the technology for what it is and what it provides.  It is very
difficult to keep these people, since they don't use a rational
approach to choosing their tools, they use a 'sheep over the dam'
approach.

I think our efforts are best aimed at developers (both beginner and
expert).  And the best way to convince them is with code, tutorials
and articles.

Welcome to our little group though, and I hope you stick around, learn
a little and contribute a lot ;)

Cheers,

Cees

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