Modern Perl

DBIx::Class::Migration on CPAN

This evening I stole a bit of time while on vacation to cook up a release version of DBIx::Class::Migration.  My sincere thanks to everyone that has given me thoughts and code to get me this far.

Although this is based on mature code and I've put a lot of effort into making a useful first release it is far from impossible that I've made some major goof, and as a result I am hoping / asking / begging for people to try out the tutorial and give all this a good tire kicking.  I'll be using it heavily on my next two internal work projects, which I hope will also let me shake out any issues or identify major useability gaps.

I don't plan on doing much more adversing / advocacy until I hear from others that this is working for them.  So please, try it out and don't hesitate to complain!

 

DBIx::Class::Migration and the CPAN ecosystem

One of the things I've found most gratifying while working on DBIx::Class::Migration is how in using the CPAN ecosystem I was able to engage many authors to solve bugs / issues I uncovered in shared code.  For example, I noticed a edge case in the more recent versions of YAML that got solved rapidly.  I also uncovered some issues with DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader that the author was willing to take on based on my test case.  And in DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler I worked with the author through several patch sets which solved bugs and improved the functionality.

In doing so the entire ecosystem was improved, not just the one project I am working on.  Improvements to DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler will benefit anyone using that code.  The fixes to YAML are significant since that module is broadly uses.  And DBIC::Schema::Loader is a core part of the DBIC ecosystem.

Sometimes when you go to work on a project it might feel simplier to say, "I'm going to roll it all myself." Or to just copy paste stuff.  In some ways that can be faster.  It can sometimes be a slower process to work with many authors to convince them to accept your patches.  But it is always better for the community overall.  I believe that this contract amongst CPAN authors is part of what is going to allow Perl to continue to grow and continue to be a top notch solution for application development. 

 

MooseX-Types-Paramerizable Updated on CPAN

MooseX-Types-Paramerizable

This is a small patch by contributor (chocolateboy++) to remove some unneeded dependencies and clean up the pod a bit.  If it's working for you I can't consider this a required update but it shouldn't hurt anything either.

 

 

Catalyst-TraitFor-Model-DBIC-Schema-QueryLog-AdoptPlack Updated for Trial Catalyst

The most recently released Trial version of Catalyst fixes the way the Plack %ENV is exposed to your application.  As a result, I have updated Catalyst-TraitFor-Model-DBIC-Schema-QueryLog-AdoptPlack to work with the newer version as well as maintain backward compatibility.

If you are using Catalyst with Catalyst::Engine::PSGI, it is HIGHLY recommended you update to a newer version of Catalyst that bakes PSGI support right in.  However if you are currently stuck, please let me know if this update to the querylog debug panel busts anything for you.