[ANNOUNCE] AxKit 1.0

[Matt Sergeant <ma...@sergeant.org>]

I've finally managed to put AxKit 1.0 out, after a long run-up to the 1.0
release. There are a couple of known issues with XSP and a couple of other
potential bugs still standing, but the API is now stable, and we can add
further enhancements as "bug fixes" now. Despite these minor bugs, AxKit
has proved to be very stable for production use, with no noticable memory
leakage over time.

Specific new features of 1.0 include:

 - Config directives now all documented in perldoc AxKit
 - XPathScript now much calls apply_templates if there is no output
 - New Filter provider allows AxKit to work with the output from Mason,
Apache::ASP, or RegistryFilter scripts.
 - Improved error handling and reporting

	Please visit http://axkit.org/ for more information.

For those who don't know, details of what AxKit is are below:

AxKit 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. AxKit also
uses a built-in Perl interpreter to provide some amazingly powerful
techniques for XML transformation. 

The emphasis with AxKit is on separation of content from presentation.
The pipelining technique that AxKit uses allows content to be converted
to a presentable format in stages, allowing certain platforms to see
data differently to others. AxKit allows web designers to focus on web
site design, content developers to work on a purely content basis, and
webmasters to focus on their core competencies. 

AxKit is based on components that are replaceable. This allows the web
site developer to create a completely custom XML Application Server
based around the AxKit API. AxKit can either automatically provide
caching facilities, or you can create your own cache handler, so that
XML transformations (which can be time consuming) only happen when
required. 

The toolkit also provides ability to build component based web sites,
and dynamic content. Database integration is fully supported, allowing
either deliver of XML from a database, or XML generation from a
database query. Dynamic web components can be built using the Perl
language, making the possibilities as infinite as CGI scripts, without
the potential mess that CGI programming can cause. 

-- 
<Matt/>

Fastnet Software Ltd. High Performance Web Specialists
Providing mod_perl, XML, Sybase and Oracle solutions
Email for training and consultancy availability.
http://sergeant.org | AxKit: http://axkit.org

Silicon Valley Perl Mongers FREE Party Tuesday

[James <ja...@rf.net>]

Hello Perl People:

Silicon Valley Perl Mongers will be holding a social next Tuesday
with *FREE* food and drinks, courtesy of Spinway Internet, our corporate
sponsor for October. Yes, they're hiring Perl and C++ people.

The event will be held at the QCafe in Palo Alto.
You *must* RSVP me with a subject line of RSVP: 'number of people'.

Event Information:

Date:     Tue, Oct 3 2000 7 pm - 9 pm
Location: QCafe, 529 Alma St. Palo Alto, CA 94301
          http://www.qcafe.com
Cost:     *FREE* if you RSVP before Tuesday
Age:      I guess you should be over 21

O'Reilly has also provided book catalogs and discount coupons.

Thanks, James.

--
Silicon Valley Perl Mongers
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Spinway Internet
http://www.spinway.com

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