September 2016 - dancer-users - lists.preshweb.co.uk

Explicitly defining location of config.yml (current hitch on path to running Dancer as a service)
by Nik Mitev 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Hi, I have a small app running on a server for restricted use, and want to have it as a standard service. Unfortunately DaemonTools is not available as an official rpm for Red Hat, so I can't use it. I installed Ubic and tried with that, but gave it up when I could not find a way to get it to work under HTTPS. As a last resort wrote a loader script which uses Systemd::Daemon and runs as a simple supervisor service which starts/reloads/stops the Dancer app. So far so good, but the app once started does not seem to pick up config.yml, and the database connection information in there - so the app is running but cant do anything. The problem seems to be that when started in this way it uses / as the working directory, and there is no way to tell plackup to look elsewhere for the config. I tried this and that, but failing so far. Happy to change the approach, but really hoping to be able to keep all dependencies of the finished product within perl and my perlbrew folder. Cheers, Nik

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Using auto_page - is there a canonical way to indicate the index page and handle missing 'templates'
by Peter Corrigan 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Hi All, I imagine this might be a typical use case - retro-fitting login and dynamic personalization features to what was a sizeable static-site, originally created and still maintained using a CMS. Content editors use the CMS as normal to create and edit their content, except that the HTML files are now .tt files with some added template toolkit directives. There's no Dancer layout as page assembly is still handled by the CMS. In this scenario, utilizing auto_page, is there a recommended Dancer2 best practice for returning index.tt or a 404 under *all* the situations under which it should be returned given an arbitrarialy deep directory structure? Thanks in advance for any advice. Peter Peter Corrigan, Head of Digital Publishing & Innovation, James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway. Tel +353-87-2798505 peter.corrigan(a)nuigalway.ie

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Perl Dancer Conference 2016 Lightning Talks and Schedule
by Peter Mottram 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Hi All For those coming to the conference in Vienna (not long now!) you can submit proposals for lightning talks here: https://www.perl.dance/profile/talk/create?lightning=1 Lightning talks don't have to be about Dancer or even Perl. They might be serious, funny or both. Never spoken at a conference before? Then here is your chance. We now have a provisional talks schedule in place. Things can still be nudged around a little if needed: https://www.perl.dance/talks/schedule/2016-09-21 Keep dancing! R. SysPete

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Interview with Jason Crome about Dancer
by Gabor Szabo 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Hi there, I thought I've already sent it here, but I cannot see it in the archive. http://code-maven.com/cmos-1-jason-crome-perl-dancer2 and if you like it subscribe to the podcast: http://code-maven.com/cmos regards Gabor

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Clarification on Dancer instances
by Amelia Ireland 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Hi all, I'm trying to solve a mysterious Dancer / Starman / server issue, and need some clarification on Dancer instances. Do instances of a Dancer app stay around between requests, or is the app created when a request comes in, it does its stuff, and then it is destroyed? What happens to variables set with the 'var' keyword: will they persist on a dancer app between requests? Thanks, Amelia.

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