Parley

Introduction

Ever since I inherited the worst perl-based forum/bulletin-board known to man [circa 2000] I've had it in the back of my mind that it should be possible to write a well-written piece of forum software in Perl that's at least as good as some of the widely available forums written in various other languages.

The only thing holding me back was the missing Holy Grail - a powerful, reliable and easy-to-work-with framework for building web-applications. In 2005 Catalyst was unleashed, and for me, the quest for the grail was over.

In late 2005 Parley was born. Parley is written using Perl, Catalyst and Postgresql. It's still in active development. The current focus is on improving functionality, looks can be added later. It's not hideous to look at, nor is it going to win any beauty awards. The project is functional though.

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Features

In-Frequently Asked Questions

Why are you doing this?
Because I can. Because I want to. Because I feel there's a gap to be filled.

Aren't there already solutions out there?
I've found other solutions, but none of them are in perl. I want a perl-based solution to my problem.

Why don't you use MySQL?
Purely for personal reasons. I stopped using MySQL in favour of Postgresql. I no longer develop any applications for MySQL as I believe Postgresql provides a better all round solution.

Will Parley run with MySQL
Maybe yes, maybe no. I've not got MySQL installed anywhere. I expect that thanks to DBIx::Class it shouldn't be too hard to produce a working model based on MySQL. Feel free to give it a try!

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