[Catalyst] Is Catalyst what I want?

[Perrin Harkins]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 13:14 -0400, Max Afonov wrote:
> Why don't I _ever_ hear about Mason on this list?

Possibly because if you already use Mason, you don't have much use for
Catalyst, and vice versa?  There's a lot of overlap in functionality
between the two, especially in terms of controller duties.  Also, Mason
is heavier and slower than other choices if you all you're using it for
is templates.

> How is TT better than Mason anyway?

The primary differences are that TT is "just templates" instead of a
whole web framework like Mason, and TT uses a simplified mini-language
rather than in-line Perl.  Whether those things sound good to you or not
determines which one you will prefer.

- Perrin