Catalyst is the best web app framework.

I feel like there is lots more to say, but it’s all been said before.

I’ve been developing webapps for the past decade. I’ve observed the trends; I’ve tried different “best new solutions”. I wrote my own web and DBI framework; I eventually abandoned it. Web development was looking grim; I found Catalyst.

And best of all, I could keep using Perl. I couldn’t ask for anything more. (Well, maybe an ORM, but that’s another story, with another happy ending.)