Accelerating Perl Web Application Development Framework Understanding and architectureBuild Catalyst MVC and test sites with walkthroughs to create sample applicationsExtend CatalystDetailed Catalyst through plug-ins in Detail Many web applications are implemented in a way that makes developing them painful and repetitive. Catalyst is an open-source Perl-based Model-View-Controller framework that aims to solve this problem by reorganizing your web application to design and implement it in a natural way, maintained, and tested, making fun of web development, rapid, and rewarding . Everything you need to do a web application is written only once, you can connect to a database in one place, has a configuration in one place, etc. You do not have to worry about Catalyst breaking your application and slowing down your progress. What you will learn from this book? Installation CatalystHow settings in Catalyst MVC works, explained by the simple exampleUsing Template Toolkit to generate HTML outputDesigning database schema and SQLite database access Creating a CRUD interface to the FormBuilder databaseUsing to determine automatically generate and validate self-Creating forms easy-to maintain the configuration file filesImporting CVS to search databasePaginating session resultsUsing plug-ins to add sessions to applicationAuthentication and authorization, explored by implementing page-level and record level controlBuilding an editable web interfaceFeatures DBIC for easy handling of your data dataInterfacing: Mixing procedural interface with relational DBIx:: Class interfaceWriting database interface without DBIx:: ClassBuilding model without using a databaseAdding custom REST API to allow other applications to access applicationAdding AJAX interactivity to RSS feeds applicationIncorporating in testing your applicationAutomated and "Test-Driven Development" methodology, discussed in depthTechniques to test your application Catalyst easilyWriting tests for applications developed in this book with mechanization and SeleniumPackaging your application: Managing dependence and create a package with easy to use Makefile.PLCreate unique configuration for each environmentHow arranged for various serversHow web to make your application independent file ( PAR) Approach This book will guide you through the features of Catalyst using real-world examples and systematic code snippets. Who is this book written for? This book is for web developers with basic Perl skills are new to Catalyst.