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.

Josh Clark sent an e-mail to us the other day saying that his Web content management system, Big Medium 2, is availabe for public consumption. While he sent the usual press release, I thought I'd go ahead and paste his full e-mail to me. Sometimes it's good to note that it's not just a "company" pushing a product but instead to actually see the people developing the software pushing their own products.

Bryan,

First off, thanks for all you do. You offer such terrific coverage of the CMS space and the challenges facing practitioners. Super-professional but with a personal feel. I love it.

I posted a comment on one of your posts introducing Big Medium 2 a couple of months ago and now, at long last, it's out of beta. I'm passing along the press release below in hopes that you'll find it of interest to your readers. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions, and thanks again.

All best,

Josh

PARIS, DEC 17, 2007 -- Josh Clark and Global Moxie announced the release
of Big Medium 2, a web content management system aimed squarely at web
designers.