=head1 NAME

Application Servers and Toolkits based on mod_perl.

=head1 Overview

There are several application servers and toolkits available designed
to run under mod_perl.

=head1 Apache::ASP

C<Apache::ASP> (http://www.apache-asp.org/) provides an Active Server
Pages port to the Apache Web Server with Perl scripting only, and
enables developing of dynamic web applications with session management
and embedded perl code. There are also many powerful extensions,
including XML taglibs, XSLT rendering, and new events not originally
part of the ASP API

=head1 Apache::PageKit

C<Apache::PageKit> (http://pagekit.org/) is a web application
framework that uses C<HTML::Template> and XML to separate the Model,
View, Content and Controller. Provides elegant solutions to many
difficult web programming problems, including session management,
language localization, authentication, form validation, and
co-branding.

=head1 AxKit

C<AxKit> (http://axkit.org/) is an XML Application Server for
Apache. It provides on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such
as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible
custom code. C<AxKit> also uses a built-in Perl interpreter to provide
some amazingly powerful techniques for XML transformation.

=head1 The bivio OLTP Platform (bOP)

The bivio OLTP Platform (http://www.bivio.biz/hm/why-bOP) (bOP) is a
declarative, multi-layered Perl application development framework.
Adapters have been written for Apache/mod_perl, sendmail, Oracle, and
Postgres.  The Model layer generates SQL for CRUD, lists, and HTTP
forms.  Views are content-independent hierarchies of widgets.  Tasks
control security, execution order, and state transitions.  Facades map
qualified names to URLs, strings, fonts, colors, icons, files, and
views.  bOP provides a full-suite of services including dynamic
tracing, configuration, logging, class loading, type hierarchy, unit
testing, and acceptance testing.

=head1 Bricolage

C<Bricolage> (http://bricolage.thepirtgroup.com/) is a full-featured,
open-source, enterprise-class content management system. It offers a
browser-based interface for ease-of use, a full-fledged templating
system with complete programming language support for flexibility, and
many other features. It operates in an Apache/mod_perl environment,
and uses the PostgreSQL RDBMS for its repository.

=head1 Embperl

C<Embperl> (http://perl.apache.org/embperl/) is a system for building
dynamic websites with Perl.  It gives you the power to embed Perl code
in your HTML documents and the ability to build your Web site out of
small reusable objects in an object-oriented style. You can also take
advantage of all the usual Perl modules, (including C<DBI> for
database access) use their functionality and easily include their
output in your web pages.  Embperl has several features which are
especially useful for creating HTML, including dynamic tables, form
field processing, URL escaping/unescaping, session handling, and more.

=head1 Mason

C<Mason> (http://www.masonhq.com/) is a powerful Perl-based web site
development and delivery engine.  With C<Mason> you can embed Perl
code in your HTML and construct pages from shared, reusable
components.  C<Mason> solves the common problems of site development:
caching, debugging, templating, simulating browser conditions,
maintaining development and production sites, and more

=head1  OpenInteract

C<OpenInteract> (http://www.openinteract.org/) is a web application
environment written in perl and geared to run on the Apache web server
using the mod_perl plugin module. The environment is built to be not
only friendly to people editing and changing a website's content, but
also for the developers who can write code (or complex templates) and
create entire applications.

=head1 OpenFrame

C<OpenFrame> (http://openframe.fotango.com/) is an open source
application framework for distributed media applications. What all
this buzzword-compliant mumbo-jumbo really means is that with
OpenFrame you can write a single application for multiple downstream
clients (ie, Web, WAP, iDTV, Email) and not have to worry about much
except the presentation.

=head1 The Template Toolkit

The Template Toolkit (http://template-toolkit.org/) is a fast,
powerful and easily extensible template processing system written in
Perl. It is ideally suited (but not limited) to the creation of static
and dynamic web content. The C<Apache::Template> module provides an
Apache/mod_perl interface to the Template Toolkit, providing a quick
and simple way to integrate its processing power into your web site.

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