Perl::...odPerl(3pm)

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version 1.0.4 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 Perl::Critic::Policy::Community::ModPerl 💖

okay bestie, listen up — this is the manual page for Perl::Critic::Policy::Community::ModPerl from section 3pm (User Contributed Perl Documentation, if you're keeping score). yes the header line got all squished and mysterious on you, it's giving enigmatic, but we move. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

Perl::Critic::Policy::Community::ModPerl — pls don't use mod_perl to write web applications, that's the whole vibe, that's the entire assignment 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. mod_perl (http://perl.apache.org/) is an embedded Perl interpreter for the Apache web server (http://www.apache.org/). it lets you dynamically configure and mod Apache, which sounds kinda iconic in theory, ngl.

but bestie… it is not a generally good solution for writing web applications. not me being the bearer of bad news 😭

the actually slay options? frameworks using Plack — like Web::Simple, Dancer2, and Catalyst — plus Mojolicious. those are much more flexible, powerful, and stable. like, not even close, fr fr 🔥

and here's the part that eats: a web application written in one of these frameworks can be deployed a bunch of different ways —

  • using a Perl HTTP server such as Starman or Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad ✨
  • by proxy from Apache or nginx 🌈
  • or even run as if they were regular CGI scripts 🎀

so many paths, all of them valid, all of them yours. main character energy only. periodt. 👑

🫶 AFFILIATION 🫶

this policy is part of Perl::Critic::Community — it's in the group chat, it belongs, it's family 💜

🎀 CONFIGURATION 🎀

ngl there's nothing to tweak here. this policy is not configurable except for the standard options. that's it, that's the config. lowkey refreshing tbh 🙈

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Dan Book, dbook@cpan.org — legend behaviour, we love to see it 🌸

Copyright 2015, Dan Book.

This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0. go forth, remix responsibly 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Perl::Critic

okay that's the whole page, you made it, so proud of you 🥹💖 this absolute gem of a doc ships with perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-03-22 — mwah, iconic, no notes, bye bestie 🧚✨

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