NAME

Apache::Voodoo - or just Voodoo for short; is a web application framework for Apache 1.3 and 2.0

SYNOPSIS

Voodoo provides a fast, flexible and powerful framework for website development. Some features include:

• Abstraction of mod_perl and Apache interaction away from the user's code

• Separation of presentation and logic via HTML::Template

• Dynamic reloading of modules upon change (bypass-able for production sites)

• Automatic session management

• Automatic database connection and persistence

• Powerful database abstraction system vi Apache::Voodoo::Table

• Integrated debugging tools

• Simple enough API that the learning curve is pretty shallow

Documentation Index

Apache::Voodoo::basics - Basics

Apache::Voodoo::api - API

Apache::Voodoo::Table - Database Abstraction / Manipulation

Apache::Voodoo::Pager - Generic HTML Pagination Controls

TO DO

- Documentation

- Abstract templating subsystem to allow choice between HTML::Template, Template Toolkit, etc.

- Make IPC::SharedCache usage optional

- Documentation

- Rework loading scheme to give easy access to the database connect info for external programs. (cron jobs mostly)

- Let's see...um...Documentation

BUGS

Does hastily written documentation count? :)

ahem....none that I am aware of with one caveat:

The built in debug template works in Micro$haft Inner.net Exploiter 6, but may not in other versions. I didn't put much effort into making it work in IE; I don't use it and quiet frankly, neither should anyone else :)

Any sort of feedback is most welcome.

HISTORY

This creature first came to life sometime between 2000 and 2001. At the time, there was nothing available that really suited my needs, so I wrote what I wanted :) Voodoo has been in use and refinement by myself and a small group of my colleagues ever since. It has always been my intent to release this thing into the wild, but I could never seem to find the time to clean up a few ugly parts and write all the much needed documentation.

CREDITS

Fixes, bug reports, ideas and suggestions have been contributed by:

Paul Tinsley

Jeff Anderson http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=jeffa

Kevin Smith

Mike Semich

Eduardo Arino de la Rubia

Doug Gruber http://search.cpan.org/~dougthug/

AUTHOR

Maverick, /\/\averick@smurfbaneDOTorg

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005 Steven Edwards. All rights reserved.

You may use and distribute Voodoo under the terms described in the LICENSE file included with this package or Apache::Voodoo::license. The summary is it's a legalese version of the Artistic License :)