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Example
!/usr/bin/perl
use Dancer;
get '/hello/:name' => sub {
return "Why, hello there " . params->{name};
};
dance;
Out-of-box
Unlike other frameworks, Dancer only requires 5 CPAN modules
and is very self contained. As a result you can rapidly develop
without being mired in configuration.
Standalone Development Server
Dancer includes a standalone development server that can be used
for developing and testing software.
PSGI or Perl Web Server Gateway Interface is an interface between Web servers and Perl-based Web applications and frameworks that allows writing portable applications that can be run as standalone servers or using CGI, FastCGI, mod_perl, et al...
Plack is a set of tools for running Perl-based Web applications and frameworks compatible with the PSGI specification.Plack was inspired by Rack for Ruby and Paste for Python.Plackup is a command-line tool for running the PSGI applications,...
and along with any server or
protocol that supports the PSGI spec:
