[Openinteract-announce] OpenInteract 1.99_06 (2.0 beta 6) released

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

OpenInteract 1.99_06 (2.0 beta 6) has been released to CPAN.  
OpenInteract is a full-featured application server with authentication,  
security, database access, content generation and lots of other bells  
and whistles under one roof.

This release has lots of new features, improvements and bugfixes,  
including:

  * OpenInteract2 applications ('packages') can now be built and
    installed as CPAN-distributable modules.

  * When you point the new management task 'easy_app' at a database
    table you get a simple application with create, remove, update,
    delete and search features.

  * REST parameters are now supported so something like
    '/news/archive/2005/03' will work as expected.

  * You no longer need to store 'sample' files or core packages in an
    external directory, they're all bundled up in packages. So creating
    a new website is just:

      oi2_manage create_website --website_dir=/path/to/site

  * Package configuration files are now in one place and do not get
    changed when you upgrade.

  * Setup and URL-to-action resolution are much more granular and
    customizable, just drop a class in a namespace to make your own
    changes.

  * FastCGI now supported, and you can use PO/MO (gettext) files
    for your localization messages.

  * Tons of other enhancements focusing on simpler objects, flexibility
    and consistency. Plus lots of docs. Most are noted in JIRA:

   
http://jira.openinteract.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa? 
projectId=10010&styleName=Html&version=10036

Many thanks to the people testing betas/CVS snapshots and reporting  
issues, particularly Salve Nilsen and his team at the Norwegian  
Meteorological Institute.

The next release should be a release candidate and the following  
release a final 2.0. (Famous last words...)

Thanks,

Chris

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Chris Winters
Creating enterprise-capable snack systems since 1988