Hi All My apologies if this post is not fully appropriate, but I felt I needed to post - hope its ok. Although I have used over a dozen languages, over the last 6-8 years perl has been a favourite. But in my last job I was tasked with setting up a large team for a web based enterprise java app. It was big, SOA based took ages to get things done, even with a team of 30. I have recently moved jobs to a company that has no developers/architects and I was asked to get them into the same space as my previous company. I decided to look at all options again and choose objectively - a toolset to develop a large app with few deveopers. I seriously looked at some of the light weight java frameworks (Ninja), python, ruby and of course perl. I had used Dancer 1 for a small project only, but now Dancer2 seemed to really stand out. Perl was not 'cool' and I have had colleagues laugh at me for suggesting that as a serious option in previous jobs. But here it was down to me, and I eventually chose Dancer2, with Starman/Nginx and Postgresql as the DB. After a couple of weeks I have a the beginnings of a complex web app which is n+1 scaleable, which has a REST API module and will also have a messaging and workflow tool with a video render farm - all done in a single language and framework. Its damn quick to develop, its quick to run, even a colleague who is helping do the templating (and a php developer) is converted! Above all - it's actually fun to see the app come together so quick. Dancer2 is just amazing - the number of add-on modules is great and I can get on with the application without worrying about the nitty gritty. So - thank you to all who have been involved - you have done an amazing job. I just hope Dancer2 gets more exposure as a serious web framework that it deserves to be. Z
Hi Z, On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:41:28 +0000 Zahir Lalani <ZahirLalani@oliver-marketing.com> wrote:
Hi All
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So - thank you to all who have been involved - you have done an amazing job. I just hope Dancer2 gets more exposure as a serious web framework that it deserves to be.
I enjoyed reading this success story of yours, and I wonder if you'll agree for it to be published here: http://perl-begin.org/learn/who-is-using/ . Regards, Shlomi Fish
Z
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-----Original Message----- From: dancer-users [mailto:dancer-users-bounces@dancer.pm] On Behalf Of Shlomi Fish Sent: 14 March 2015 06:35 To: dancer-users@dancer.pm Subject: Re: [dancer-users] the beauty of dancer
Hi Z,
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:41:28 +0000 Zahir Lalani <ZahirLalani@oliver-marketing.com> wrote:
Hi All
[SNIPPED]
So - thank you to all who have been involved - you have done an amazing job. I just hope Dancer2 gets more exposure as a serious web framework that it deserves to be.
I enjoyed reading this success story of yours, and I wonder if you'll agree for it to be published here: http://perl-begin.org/learn/who-is-using/ .
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Hi Shlomi Glad you enjoyed :-) Yes of course you can share, but I will need to modify it slightly and it will need to be anonymous/pseudo-name. I work in a very tight-knit and competitive industry and so need to be quite careful. Will send you something more suitable Z
Thank you for sharing your experience, Zahir. I'm very happy to hear how positive it was. If you would like, we can feature the company you work at on the Dancefloor page on the website: http://perldancer.org/dancefloor. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 1:41 AM, Zahir Lalani < ZahirLalani@oliver-marketing.com> wrote:
Hi All
My apologies if this post is not fully appropriate, but I felt I needed to post - hope its ok.
Although I have used over a dozen languages, over the last 6-8 years perl has been a favourite. But in my last job I was tasked with setting up a large team for a web based enterprise java app. It was big, SOA based took ages to get things done, even with a team of 30.
I have recently moved jobs to a company that has no developers/architects and I was asked to get them into the same space as my previous company. I decided to look at all options again and choose objectively - a toolset to develop a large app with few deveopers. I seriously looked at some of the light weight java frameworks (Ninja), python, ruby and of course perl. I had used Dancer 1 for a small project only, but now Dancer2 seemed to really stand out. Perl was not 'cool' and I have had colleagues laugh at me for suggesting that as a serious option in previous jobs. But here it was down to me, and I eventually chose Dancer2, with Starman/Nginx and Postgresql as the DB.
After a couple of weeks I have a the beginnings of a complex web app which is n+1 scaleable, which has a REST API module and will also have a messaging and workflow tool with a video render farm - all done in a single language and framework.
Its damn quick to develop, its quick to run, even a colleague who is helping do the templating (and a php developer) is converted! Above all - it's actually fun to see the app come together so quick. Dancer2 is just amazing - the number of add-on modules is great and I can get on with the application without worrying about the nitty gritty.
So - thank you to all who have been involved - you have done an amazing job. I just hope Dancer2 gets more exposure as a serious web framework that it deserves to be.
Z
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Hi Zahir, I somehow missed this post until now - just wanted to say thanks for sharing your feedback, it's always nice to hear from happy users :) Hope your application is coming along nicely and you're still enjoying building with Dancer2. I hope you don't mind - I've added select quotes from your mail to the testimonials on the Dancer website: http://dancer.pm/testimonials Cheers Dave P On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:41:28 +0000 Zahir Lalani <ZahirLalani@oliver-marketing.com> wrote:
Hi All
My apologies if this post is not fully appropriate, but I felt I needed to post - hope its ok.
Although I have used over a dozen languages, over the last 6-8 years perl has been a favourite. But in my last job I was tasked with setting up a large team for a web based enterprise java app. It was big, SOA based took ages to get things done, even with a team of 30.
I have recently moved jobs to a company that has no developers/architects and I was asked to get them into the same space as my previous company. I decided to look at all options again and choose objectively - a toolset to develop a large app with few deveopers. I seriously looked at some of the light weight java frameworks (Ninja), python, ruby and of course perl. I had used Dancer 1 for a small project only, but now Dancer2 seemed to really stand out. Perl was not 'cool' and I have had colleagues laugh at me for suggesting that as a serious option in previous jobs. But here it was down to me, and I eventually chose Dancer2, with Starman/Nginx and Postgresql as the DB.
After a couple of weeks I have a the beginnings of a complex web app which is n+1 scaleable, which has a REST API module and will also have a messaging and workflow tool with a video render farm - all done in a single language and framework.
Its damn quick to develop, its quick to run, even a colleague who is helping do the templating (and a php developer) is converted! Above all - it's actually fun to see the app come together so quick. Dancer2 is just amazing - the number of add-on modules is great and I can get on with the application without worrying about the nitty gritty.
So - thank you to all who have been involved - you have done an amazing job. I just hope Dancer2 gets more exposure as a serious web framework that it deserves to be.
Z
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