Catalyst is a new book from
Packt which helps users to design, develop, test, and deploy applications with
the open-source MVC Catalyst framework. Written by Jonathan Rockway, this book
will guide users through the features of Catalyst using real-world examples and
systematic code snippets.

Many web applications are implemented in a way that makes developing
them painful and repetitive. Catalyst is an open-source Perl-based
Model-View-Controller framework that aims to solve this problem by reorganizing
the web application to design and implement it in a natural, maintainable, and
testable manner, making web development fun, fast and rewarding.

Catalyst is designed to be
reliable. There are hundreds of production applications and thousands of users.
The code is well-tested, and new releases almost always maintain compatibility
with applications written for older versions. Users don't have to worry about
Catalyst breaking their application and slowing down their development. It just
works.

Most importantly, Catalyst has a thriving community. Users can ask a
question on the IRC channel and get a response at almost any time of the day.
This book embodies Catalyst's philosophies of “Do It Yourself and Don't Repeat
Yourself”.

This book is for web developers with basic Perl skills who are new to
Catalyst. If users are excited by Ruby on Rails but would like the
features of Rails with the familiarity of Perl, then this is the best book to
get them started.

For more details on the book please visit http://www.packtpub.com/catalyst-perl-web-application/book.