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NAME

Dancer::Plugins - interesting plugins to add to Dancer's capabilities

DESCRIPTION

Dancer aims to keep the core as small as possible, but there are a growing number of useful plugins to add helpful features.

This document provides a quick summary of some recommended plugins.

PLUGINS

Dancer::Plugin::Database

Provides easy database access via DBI, reading the DB connection details from your app's config file, and taking care of ensuring the connection is still valid and reconnecting if not (useful in persistent environments). Just calling the database keyword gives you a connected and working database handle.

Dancer::Plugin::Email

Provides easy email-sending powered by Email::Send - simply call the email keyword. Email sending settings can be taken from your app's config.

Dancer::Plugin::REST

Makes writing RESTful web services easy.

Dancer::Plugin::SiteMap

Automatically provides site maps (as a HTML page, or as an XML sitemap ready for Google) based on the routes your app defines.

Dancer::Plugin::Validation

Easy data validation powered by Oogly.

More plugins are appearing on CPAN all the time - just search for Dancer::Plugin to see what may have been released since this document was last updated!