[Catalyst] App design questions

[Simon Miner]

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Subject: Re: [Catalyst] App design questions

David Storrs ha scritto:
> 
> On Aug 17, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Marcello wrote:
> 
>> Simon Miner ha scritto:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>  When writing a web site using Catalyst, is it better to use one
big 
>>> application with many controllers, or several smaller  applications 
>>> with fewer controllers in which each app is broken  down by function

>>> (i.e. order, search, etc.)?  In the scenario I am  considering, the 
>>> site functions are somewhat distinct, but the  underlying models are

>>> shared between them.  What are the pros and  cons of each approach?
>>>
>>
>> Well, since the "models" are shared, I would say the natural
approach 
>> is one model (i.e. one database and an ORM package)  and  several 
>> controllers, each of which deals with a particular set of  related 
>> functions.
> 
> 
> I think he's saying that the framework models (the Cat::M::<name>  
> modules) are shared, whereas you are saying that the pattern Model
(the 
> 'M' in MVC) is shared.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, either of you.

Since the OP wrote "writing a web site" I assumed he was referring to *a

single website*, that's why I did not understand what that "several 
smaller applications" was about.
After reading your reply and Alexander's, and re-reading the OP, I'm not

entirely shure I fully understand it :-)
He talks about "site functions" and "underlying models", so maybe he was

referring to a "web site" as a "hosting location" where you have 
multiple websites sharing common functional modules (I would call them 
catalyst plugins... ) and probably some of the database structure.

At this point I think the OP should clarify...

[Simon Miner] By "web site", I meant a single web site at a single
hosting location, The site is a large e-commerce site that allows users
to do a bunch of different things like search for products, create user
accounts, and place and view orders.  These are the "functions" I
referred to, and they are the things I was wondering about splitting out
into separate Catalyst applications, since it can be argued that each is
its own logical system.

However, it seems that the general feeling is that a
one-app/many-controller approach is best for using Catalyst.  Correct me
if I'm wrong here.

Marcello

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