WebApp - A Web Application Framework

WebApp is a web application framework written in Perl by Sean Levy. It stresses security, consistency, and separation of form from function.

One of the central tenants of WebApp is:

In this way, it is very much unlike most (all?) other web application frameworks, which seem to encourage you to intertwine HTML with the code required to generate it. If this interests you at all, you might start by reading a short white paper on the rationale behind WebApp.

WebApp has been used to power at least one commercial web site, and has been under continuous use and development since 2002. It is released under a BSD-style license, which makes it suitable for any use, commercial or otherwise.

Contact

There is a mailing list, webapp-dev@cluefactory.com. To join, send an empty message to webapp-dev-subscribe@cluefactory.com.

The mailing list is the best place to ask questions, but you can also email webapp@cluefactory.com if you prefer to ask questions quietly.

You can also frequently find the author hanging out in #webapp on irc.cluefactory.com; I am generally known as attila. I also am known by the handle cluefactory on Yahoo! IM, MSN Messenger, and Jabber. Feel free to drop me a line.