Running

• install WWW::AdventCalendar
• write something in articles/
• run advcal -c advent.ini --today=2012-12-25
• inspect out/

Article Ideas

• intro (done)
  • where to get it
  • basic concept - combination of Bread::Board, Plack, and Path::Router
  • example of a basic OX app
• routebuilders and controllers (done)
  • basic structure - takes an OX::Request + path variables, returns a response
  • go over the default route builders
• routes and path::router (done)
  • overview of Path::Router
  • route syntax
  • validations?
• bread::board::declare (done)
  • overview of usage - attributes
• middleware (done)
  • wraps the application (just Plack middleware)
  • examples
• mounts (done)
  • includes an entirely separate PSGI application under a given path
  • also, inline mounts
• psgi (done)
  • requests
  • responses
• ox::request (done)
  • mostly modeled after Plack::Request
  • differences in parameter handling
  • encodings
  • mappings
• uri_for (done)
  • reverse of routing
  • defaults and validations
• HTTP::Throwable (done)
  • HTTPExceptions middleware is applied by default, so this just works
  • examples
• plack and deployment (done)
  • how to write a .psgi file for your app (and what belongs in it)
• roles and inheritance (done)
  • examples
• views (sartak)
  • just normal classes, nothing special at all
  • can also be controllers themselves, to bypass the need for extra logic
• custom routebuilders (doy)
• additional bread::board features (done)
  • subcontainers
  • type inference
  • lifecycles
• without the sugar (doy) (?)
  • build_app, build_router, etc
  • bread::board (underlying structure)
• roles as plugins
• example of authentication against a model (using middleware, not using middleware) -- or just translate http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2011/15 || http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2007/5 || http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2007/6
• extend authentication example into authorization
• example of q&d "dancer-style" inline app (done)
• simple app: filesystem-based wiki (ala http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2009/3 || http://advent.perldancer.org/2010/3 || http://advent.perldancer.org/2010/15 || http://advent.perldancer.org/2011/7)
• input validation example a la http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2010/10
• example of converting existing catalyst app to OX, benefits, pitfalls
• external scripts, cronjobs, etc (sartak)
  • here's where Bread::Board puts Catalyst to shame
• config (done)
• composing multiple OX applications