X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FMaypole%2FManual%2FAbout.pod;h=6f48663e45787434fd658b00ebfc863b1fd344f8;hb=1b05e3ca38fdb958cf9ced4d89e1478dc1e21257;hp=d78be34aea8df871866f7706dea05b054598062d;hpb=8b45000d65db9833d72ce55c559d509019cc367f;p=maypole.git diff --git a/lib/Maypole/Manual/About.pod b/lib/Maypole/Manual/About.pod index d78be34..6f48663 100644 --- a/lib/Maypole/Manual/About.pod +++ b/lib/Maypole/Manual/About.pod @@ -74,48 +74,6 @@ logic of your application. This is one of the reasons why Maypole lets you develop so rapidly: because most of the time, you don't need to do any development at all. -=head2 Installing Maypole - -The first thing you're going to need to do to get Maypole running is to -install it. Maypole needs an absolute shedload of Perl modules from CPAN -to do its job. I am unrepentant about this. Maypole does a lot of work, -so that you don't have to. This is called code re-use, and if we're -serious about code re-use, then Maypole should be re-using as much code -as possible in terms of Perl modules. In another sense, this gives the -impression that Maypole doesn't actually do all that much itself, -because all it's doing is gluing together already-existing code. Well, -welcome to code re-use. - -The downside of code re-use is, of course, that you then have to install -a shedload of Perl modules from CPAN. If you're using OpenBSD or -FreeBSD, the wonderful ports system will be your friend. There's a -Maypole port in C. Just type C. - -Debian users, hang in there. There's a package coming. - -For other Unices, the L or C modules will help with -this. If you don't have C installed, my recommendation is to -use C to install it and then throw -C away. In any case, one of these two should get all that -Maypole needs: - - % perl -MCPANPLUS -e 'install Maypole' - % perl -MCPAN -e 'install Maypole' - -I don't know if Maypole works on Windows. I'm not sure I care. - -You're also going to need a database server and a web server. For -databases, I recommend SQLite (if you install the C module, -you get the SQLite library for free) for prototyping and mysql for -production; heavier duty users should use Postgresql or Oracle - Maypole -should be happy with them all. Maypole is happiest when running under -Apache C, with the C module installed, but as -I said, it is a blank slate, and everything is customizable. There is a -C frontend available to run as a standalone CGI script. - -As well as the documentation embedded in the Perl modules the distribution -also includes the manual, of which this is a part. You can access it using the -perldoc command, the man command, or by browsing CPAN. =head2 The Beer Database example