[ANNOUNCE] Catalyst 4

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We've just released Catalyst version 4 to CPAN.

  file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/SR/SRI/Catalyst-4.01.tar.gz
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   md5: a8bc74eb60d2dc31a8001c93698e77dc


Next to countless new features and bugfixes, the most noteworthy changes are
helpers (small tools to generate code for you) and a new introduction 
manual.


Thanks to the helpers starting a new application is now as easy as

    catalyst My::App

this will create all directories and files needed for a running Catalyst 
application,
which you can test with

    bin/server

adding a view is equally simple

    bin/create view MyView TT

or a CDBI model

    bin/create model MyModel CDBI dbi:SQLite:/tmp/my.db

create not just creates classes for you, it also adds unit tests!


And yes, Catalyst looks more like Ruby-on-Rails than Maypole. ;)


Use a Bundle to install.

    $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Catalyst'
    $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Catalyst::Everything'

See Catalyst::Manual::Intro for more.


Thanks to the Catalyst team and all others who've helped.

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sebastian