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Bigtop-0.26
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Changes for version 0.26 - 2007-03-29

  • modified CRUD to call from in the GEN by default
  • modified CRUD to execute standard add/edit/delete on db
  • added "plugins" to config block. Plugins defined will transfer to the app.server, app.cgi and httpd.conf
  • All GEN base modules now have a namespace method. When you use the new plugins keyword, you get a bonus -PluginNamespace in your full use.
  • Added html_form_hint field keyword. Hints show up on form.tt below labels usually in grey italics. (Thanks Tim.)
  • Generated app.servers now use the Gantry Static plugin so they can serve CSS and other static content. URI /static maps to ./html dir.
  • Corrected ASCII art style so it wouldn't ignore solo tables. Changed to calling ASCII art 'kickstart sytnax'.
  • kickstart descriptions can now come from a file: bigtop -n AppName file.art
  • There is a new table keyword refered_to_by which generates a has_many call in the model class.
  • Both bigtop and tentmaker now generate add refered_to_by statements for all foreign keys.
  • There are new kickstart operators *> and <*. Example invoice*>task, reads "invoice has many tasks." These are currently synonyms for <- and ->, but they may deviate in the future.
  • Corrected various bugs with new kickstart features.
  • limit_by now appends the parent row id to the end of all header options.
  • Generated do_main's now call foreign_display only when the attribute for the foreign key in the row object is true. This prevents fatal errors when foreign keys are optional, but appear on main listings.
  • main_listing methods now support order_by to control row ordering.
  • app.server's now get show_dev_navigation set to 1.
  • Corrected one test and removed another so changes to Gantry's sample_wrapper.tt no longer cause failures.
  • CRUD forms are not generated into the GEN file, so they can be regened as the model changes. Check out Gantry::Utils::FormMunger for a convenient way to alter them in an overriden method.
  • Initial Changes file now has the bigtop version number.
  • vim syntax file is current again and their is now a script to create the file, so it shouldn't get out of date (unless I forget to run the script)
  • There is a new doc generated from Bigtop::Keywords. It is called Bigtop/Docs/AutoKeywords.pod. It superscedes most of Bigtop::Docs::Syntax and all of Bigtop::Docs::Keywords.
  • There is a new doc generated from the backends. It is called Bigtop/Docs/AutoBackends.pod. It covers some of the same ground as Bigtop::Docs::Syntax.
  • There are new keywords: for fields: html_form_class, searchable for main_listing methods: livesearch, json. See Bigtop/Docs/AutoKeyword.pod.
  • You can now have secondary config blocks. Each named block makes a config file or Gantry::Conf instance. Named blocks get the unnamed config info, unless they override it. Also works for controller level config blocks. Remember that CGIs can only use controller configs if they use the Conf Gantry backend.
  • tentmaker now draws all Bigtop Config statements except app name directly from Keywords. Pointed out by Stas Bekman :
  • Changed a test to use $^X instead of 'perl' to run perl. This avoids problems when two perls are on a box.
  • Corrected TentMaker.pm change_conf which failed on some 5.8.8 installs (not including mine). Perl's $# was forcing scalar context on its arg if that arg was an array expanded into a list.
  • Changed app.cgi and app.server to use $^X instead of assuming /usr/bin/perl
  • Stop Server, Save As (and it's file name box) are no longer on the first tentmaker tab. They are next to the title, so they are always on the page (though scrolling up may still be required).
  • Made other cosmetic changes to tentmaker to reduce scrolling.
  • The bigtop source dump is now hidden by default. Click the link to show (and/or hide) it.
  • Bigtop's Build.PL now uses the most recent install location for tentmaker templates as the default on re-install.
  • tentmaker now asks again if you answer 'would you like to save changes?' with up arrow.
  • app.server, app.cgi will always include -Engine=CGI ignoring the requested engine (this is the only engine they can run with).
  • Repealed changes put in to work around a particular HTTP::Server::Simple version bug that prematurely unescaped URL elements. This corrects various problems like tentmaker failing when you try to remove a constraint.
  • Entering blank (or all whitespace) values for app level statements no longer makes statements (so they can't be broken any more).
  • Bad Things no longer happen when you save in tentmaker and try to keep working.
  • The term kickstart is now integrated into Bigtop and its docs to refer to command line (or file) descriptions of the data model.
  • The backends tab in tentmaker looks a lot better. Thanks to Stas for using tentmaker and bigtop enough to generate requests for these and for sending in those requests.

Documentation

Bigtop::TentMakerPath
Bigtop::Docs::About
A document explaining Bigtop's features and history
Bigtop::Docs::AutoBackends
lists all backends and their config statements
Bigtop::Docs::AutoKeywords
Generated descriptions of Bigtop keywords
Bigtop::Docs::Cookbook
Bigtop syntax by example
Bigtop::Docs::Keywords
a bigtop keyword quick reference in monospace font
Bigtop::Docs::Modules
An annotated list of modules in the Bigtop distribution
Bigtop::Docs::QuickRef
a quick reference guide to bigtop syntax
Bigtop::Docs::QuickStart
The fastest ways to Gantry apps with Bigtop
Bigtop::Docs::Syntax
A (formerly) complete Bigtop syntax description
Bigtop::Docs::TOC
Table of Contents for Bigtop::Docs::* documentation modules
Bigtop::Docs::TentRef
tentmaker reference (best viewed in html)
Bigtop::Docs::TentTut
tentmaker tutorial (best viewed in html)
Bigtop::Docs::Tutorial
a simple case study of building a web app with bigtop
Bigtop::Docs::Vim
How to get vim syntax things for Bigtop files
bigtop
the parser/generater for the bigtop langauge
tentmaker
browser based bigtop file editor

Modules

Bigtop::Example::Billing
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Company
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Customer
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GEN::Company
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GEN::Customer
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GEN::Invoice
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GEN::LineItem
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GEN::Status
Bigtop::Example::Billing::GENModel
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Invoice
Bigtop::Example::Billing::LineItem
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::GEN::customer
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::GEN::invoice
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::GEN::line_item
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::GEN::my_company
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::GEN::status
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::customer
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::invoice
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::line_item
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::my_company
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Model::status
Bigtop::Example::Billing::Status
Bigtop::Example::GENBilling
Bigtop
A web application data language processor
Bigtop::Backend::CGI
defines the legal keywords for cgi backends
Bigtop::Backend::CGI::Gantry
A generated server for the [% app_name %] app
Bigtop::Backend::Conf
defines the legal keywords for conf backends
Bigtop::Backend::Conf::Gantry
makes Config::Gantry conf files
Bigtop::Backend::Conf::General
makes Config::General conf files
Bigtop::Backend::Control
defines legal keywords in control blocks
Bigtop::Backend::Control::Gantry
controller generator for the Gantry framework
Bigtop::Backend::HttpdConf
defines the legal keywords for httpd conf backends
Bigtop::Backend::HttpdConf::Gantry
httpd.conf generator for the Gantry framework
Bigtop::Backend::Init::Std
Bigtop backend which works sort of like h2xs
Bigtop::Backend::Model
defines legal keywords in table and field blocks
Bigtop::Backend::SQL
defines legal keywords in table and field blocks
Bigtop::Backend::SQL::MySQL
backend to generate sql for MySQL database creation
Bigtop::Backend::SQL::Postgres
backend to generate sql for Postgres database creation
Bigtop::Backend::SQL::SQLite
backend to generate sql for SQLite database creation
Bigtop::Backend::SiteLook::GantryDefault
Bigtop to generate site appearance files
Bigtop::Deparser
given an AST, makes a corresponding bigtop source file
Bigtop::Grammar
generated by Parse::RecDescent from bigtop.grammar
Bigtop::Keywords
A central place to describe all bigtop keywords
Bigtop::Parser
the Parse::RecDescent grammar driven parser for bigtop files
Bigtop::ScriptHelp
A helper modules for command line utilities
Bigtop::ScriptHelp::Style
Factory for scripts' command line and standard in handlers
Bigtop::ScriptHelp::Style::Kickstart
handles kickstart syntax for scripts
Bigtop::ScriptHelp::Style::Pg8Live
gets its descriptions from Postgresql
Bigtop::TentMaker
A Gantry App to Help You Code Bigtop Files
Bigtop::TentMakerPath
keeps track of where the tentmaker templates live

Provides

Bigtop::Backend::Model::GantryCDBI
in lib/Bigtop/Backend/Model/GantryCDBI.pm
Bigtop::Backend::Model::GantryDBIxClass
in lib/Bigtop/Backend/Model/GantryDBIxClass.pm
Parse::RecDescent::Bigtop::Grammar
in lib/Bigtop/Grammar.pm

Examples

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