Free application level software for linux

CGI::Application is a framework for building reusable web-applications.

SYNOPSIS

# In "WebApp.pm"...
package WebApp;
use base CGI::Application;

# ( setup() can even be skipped for common cases. See docs below. )
sub setup {
my $self = shift;
$self->start_mode(mode1);
$self->mode_param(rm);
$self->run_modes(
mode1 => do_stuff,
mode2 => do_more_stuff,
mode3 => do_something_else
);
}
sub do_stuff { ... }
sub do_more_stuff { ... }
sub do_something_else { ... }
1;


### In "webapp.cgi"...
use WebApp;
my $webapp = WebApp->new();
$webapp->run();

CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, high-performance, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve.

CGI::Application judiciously avoids employing technologies and techniques which would bind a developer to any one set of tools, operating system or web server.

WAG Applications provides a collection of WAG-hosted Web applications.
WAG Applications is a collection of Web applications that are capable of being hosted by the Web Application Gateway.
WAG provides core functionality such as user definition, authentication, and administration, for all hosted Web applications.
Enhancements:
- Added application specific handlers to the wagErrorHandler function.
- Added is_email() function to functions.php which checks if a a given e-mail address is valid. It checks for all top level domains including the new ones (.biz, .info, .museum etc.) and the special ones (.arpa, .int etc.) as well as with e-mail addresses based on IPs (e.g. webmaster@123.45.123.45). (Function derived from PHP user contributed notes.)
- Enhanced the error reporting for both WAG and application database errors to include the server name and user name/id. This will help admins target problems if they are responsible for multiple WAG installations.
- Added "Date Added" and "Date Last Login" information to Administration > Users screen.
- Made style sheet changes related to form field fonts.
- Bug Fixes
- Validation of user e-mail addresses was not performed correctly and causing any valid e-mail address to be flagged as invalid.
- When admin changes a users password, the e-mail password, if configured, is also changed. This allows the admin to "lockout" a user from both WAG and e-mail if needed.

Application::Pipeline is a module designed to map methods ( referred to in this role as handlers ) to different phases of an applications life cycle. By assigning methods to different phases of this pipeline, the author can concentrate on the logic for each phase and let the framework manage the application flow. Adopting the same idea as CGI::Application, writing an application with Application::Pipeline is a matter of creating a module that is a subclass of Application::Pipeline.

To build a pipeline application, it is necessary to register methods to run during each phase. This can be done one at a time, with the addHandler method. But Application::Pipeline also looks in the subclass package for the package variable %plan. This hashs keys are the names of the phases of the pipeline. Each key points to an array reference which is a list of the methods to run for that phase. The methods are either the names of the methods to run, or references to the actual methods.

This is not the be-all end-all definition of the pipeline. It is still possible to use addHandler to modify the pipeline, and as explained later, it is possible to take into account %plans defined in superclasses.

Realtime Application Interface project allows applications with strict timing constraints to be run on Linux.
A real time system is able to guarantee the timing requirements of the processes under its control.
RTAI provides an API and the necessary kernel modifications to accommodate such requirements.
Enhancements:
- Improvements were made to netrpc.
- Context switching between hard and soft real-time, handling of TSC errors, and POSIX compatibility have been improved.
- There are numerous minor bugfixes.

OpenPlugin::Application is a subclass of CGI::Application, meant to help you create reusable web applications.

SYNOPSIS

# Example from OpenThoughts Demo.pm

package Demo;
use base "OpenPlugin::Application";
sub setup {
my $self = shift;
$self->run_modes(
mode1 => init_demo,
mode2 => get_os_list,
mode3 => get_os_info,
);
$self->start_mode( mode1 );
$self->mode_param(run_mode);
}
sub init_demo { ... }
sub get_os_list { ... }
sub get_os_info { ... }
1;

# Example from OpenThoughts demo.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
my $r = shift;
my $demo = Demo->new( PARAMS => {
config => { src => "/path/to/OpenPlugin.conf" },
request => { apache => $r },
});

$demo->run();

OpenPlugin::Application is built on Jesse Erlbaums popular CGI::Application module. OpenPlugin::Application is simply a subclass of CGI::Application. Jesse says the following about CGI::Application:

"CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve."

How does it do this? Jesse goes on to say:

"The guiding philosophy behind CGI::Application is that a web-based application can be organized into a specific set of "Run-Modes." Each Run-Mode is roughly analogous to a single screen (a form, some output, etc.). All the Run-Modes are managed by a single "Application Module" which is a Perl module. In your web servers document space there is an "Instance Script" which is called by the web server"

The biggest difference between CGI::Application and OpenPlugin::Application is that query object they both use; one is designed to use CGI.pm, the other OpenPlugin. Generally speaking, everything in the still applies. Any differences will be noted in this document.
It is not necessary to use OpenPlugin::Application in order to build web applications using OpenPlugin. This plugin is meant to be for your convenience -- to help you structure your web applications in a manner which makes sense, and is reusable.

SME Web Application Framework provides a Web application framework for small and medium-sized organizations.

SMEWebApp is a framework for constructing Web applications for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises, companies, institutions, and organizations). It is built on phpWebApp, and it is higher-level and more specific than phpWebApp.

It has some components that can be reused in any application (perhaps with small modifications), like hierarchical menus, user authentication, and user administration.

The aim of the project is to make Web application construction for SMEs easier than using VB.

The KTA is a complete telnet and SSH application designed for use by both end-users and developers. For end-users it provides a cross-platform vt320-compatible terminal written in Java.

For developers it provides an extensible plugin API that can be used to implement automated telnet and SSH solutions in a client/server environment.