Changes for version 0.22 - 2007-02-08

  • Calling tentmaker with -a and a missing or unreadable file is now fatal.
  • tentmaker now trims leading and trailing space from ASCII art before using it.
  • Extra fields in join tables now show up in the model, not just in SQL.
  • ASCII art now supports field names and types, try: bigtop -n Address 'child(name,birth_date:date)->family(names,email)' works with -a and -n in bigtop and tentmaker.
  • You can design your own ASCII art replacement. See Bigtop::ScriptHelp::Style for details. Use -s YourStyle to access it. Bigtop::ScriptHelp::Style::Pg8Live is an example.
  • There is a -s style for postgres 8: bigtop -n AppName -s Pg8Live 'dbi:Pg:dbname=adb' user pass [ schema ] it supports column types, defaults, primary keys (including multi-col), foreign keys (single col only). Schema defaults to public. All tables must live in the same schema. No join_tables are ever made.

Documentation

the parser/generater for the bigtop langauge
browser based bigtop file editor

Modules

A web application data language processor
defines the legal keywords for cgi backends
A generated server for the [% app_name %] app
defines the legal keywords for conf backends
makes Config::Gantry conf files
makes Config::General conf files
defines legal keywords in control blocks
controller generator for the Gantry framework
defines the legal keywords for httpd conf backends
httpd.conf generator for the Gantry framework
Bigtop backend which works sort of like h2xs
defines legal keywords in table and field blocks
defines legal keywords in table and field blocks
backend to generate sql for MySQL database creation
backend to generate sql for Postgres database creation
backend to generate sql for SQLite database creation
Bigtop to generate site appearance files
given an AST, makes a corresponding bigtop source file
A document explaining Bigtop's features and history
Bigtop syntax by example
a bigtop keyword quick reference in monospace font
An annotated list of modules in the Bigtop distribution
a quick reference guide to bigtop syntax
A (mostly) complete Bigtop syntax description
Table of Contents for Bigtop::Docs::* documentation modules
tentmaker reference (best viewed in html)
tentmaker tutorial (best viewed in html)
a simple case study of building a web app with bigtop
How to get vim syntax things for Bigtop files
generated by Parse::RecDescent from bigtop.grammar
A central place to describe all bigtop keywords
the Parse::RecDescent grammar driven parser for bigtop files
A helper modules for command line utilities
Factory for scripts' command line and standard in handlers
handles ASCII art for scripts
gets its descriptions from Postgresql
A Gantry App to Help You Code Bigtop Files
keeps track of where the tentmaker templates live

Provides

in lib/Bigtop/Backend/Model/GantryCDBI.pm
in lib/Bigtop/Backend/Model/GantryDBIxClass.pm
in lib/Bigtop/Grammar.pm