New Ext.Direct stack for Perl

[nohuhu]

Hi everybody,

I am proud to announce a new Perl server side implementation for Ext.Direct API: RPC::ExtDirect. This stack has two primary goals: maximum compatibility with different environments, and ease of use. As the result, it is compatible with Perl 5.6+ in non-XS environments (pure Perl), and as for the second goal... Take a look yourself.

As of this moment, there are three gateways (adapters) for actual Web environments:

• CGI::ExtDirect for both fire-once and persistent CGI environments
• Plack::Middleware::ExtDirect for PSGI/Plack applications
• Apache::ExtDirect for Apache2/mod_perl

RPC::ExtDirect supports all features found both in Ext.Direct specification and examples; in fact both gateway modules are shipped with full set of Ext.Direct examples found in Ext JS distribution, along with working HTTP server/application.

Version 2.0 of RPC::ExtDirect was fully tested to be compatible with Ext JS 4.1.

Comments, suggestions and bug reports are always welcome.

Regards,
Alex.

[nohuhu]

I have recently released version 2.0 of the core RPC::ExtDirect module, as well as updated gateways. There is also an addition: Apache::ExtDirect, an Ext.Direct gateway for Apache/mod_perl environment. This gateway needs more documentation, but is already production grade software.

A comprehensive Ext.Direct testing framework is also coming soon to CPAN.