http://mangoframework.com/blog An ecommerce solution built on Perl, Catalyst, Handel and DBIx::Class. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:53:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Continuing the move of internal server stuffs to external hosts, the Mango domain is now hosted on DreamHost. I looked into DreamHost, BlueHost and HostGator. Linnode, etc. They all have their pros and cons. For me, I couldn't ignore the $50 off for DreamHost. That means I'm paying $60 a ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/announcements/mango-website-now-on-dreamhost/ I'm slowly trying to move things off of my home computers and on to servers in the outside world, preferably servers that someone else has to backup and maintain. As such, the Mango source has moved to using GitHub. It's git. It's free. And it's backed up. http://github.com/claco/mango/ The old repository is ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/announcements/mango-is-now-on-github/ Making some progress. Added RSS/Atom tests and have local fixes for making XML::Feed validate until I work my way into that dist too. :-) I finally have some idea of how checkout is going to work, and have Class::Workflow integrated enough to automate GET/POST/Plugin mapping between pages, allowing the various steps ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-13-released/ I'm still plugging away. Mostly fixes for feeds and whole lot of live catalyst tests using Test::Class. I really really need to get checkout rolling. I just made it through a Google Checkout integration elsewhere and it would be nice to add that while it's still fresh in my head. 0.01000_12 ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-12-released/ You know the routine. Release [crap] early. Release [crap] often. It's going to be a while till the next update.The Catalyst checkout controller code is going to eat my brain for most of the weekend. After that, it's onward to refactoring, cleaning up templates and adding a buttload of fluff ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-10-released/ Finishing Mango a little bit at a time. Browse/view products via tags now that I got them working. 0.01000_09 Tue Jan 15 22:51:56 2008 - Added related_tags to Products Provider - Products controller now works for tag browsing, view, with tests http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-09-released/ Another weekend, another update. More pages. More tests. Uglier templates. :-/ 0.01000_08 Sat Jan 12 22:20:37 2008 - Added wishlist restore plus tests - Added Users/Wishlists public views with tests - Renamed resource names - mango.pl adds profile to go with 'admin' user - Split Cart into Cart/Items just like Wishlists/Items - Added sign up page and ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-08-released/ It's ugly. It's incomplete. It sucks. But a release is a release and progess is progress. My only goal for a while is to keep myself from bogging down in details and thoughts of refactoring and just get things functional. A store in a box has a buttload of pieces ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-07-released/ Time to get rolling again. I started writing 'live' (Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst) tests for force myself to focus on the web side of things and get my nose out of the base class details. I was bogging myself down with all of the things to remember and the possibilities of re factoring. ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/catalyst-integration/new-year-new-progress/ Back on the wagon again. Fixed Template->share when Mango has never been installed Stripped action from yml forms, now get path_prefix on the fly Base Controllers have form_directory set to cope with subclass rename Cart Controller works with add/update/clear/save/delete Added Forms plugin companion to Forms controller Cart forms is not build from sub-forms Form->render now localizes field ... http://mangoframework.com/blog/releases/mango-001000-06-released/