June2008Meeting

Wed. June 11th, 6:53pm at FreeGeek -- 1731 SE 10th Ave.

Speaker: Jay Shirley

Topic: Demystifying DBIx::Class

ORMs aren't mystic, and neither is DBIx::Class. Come to this talk to learn how to do the basics with DBIx::Class and see some sufficiently advanced technology that is distinguishable from magic.

In this brief talk, attendees will learn how to create a schema and manage the data in their database all without touching a line of SQL. Using only what is available on CPAN, build a database of brewers and their beers complete with a review system.

Demystifying DBIC

• What's an ORM?
• Why are ORMs Scary?
• What makes DBIC Different
  • Objects
  • Relations
  • Management
    • In Perl without SQL
  • Deployment
• A Use Case:
  • Beer!
  • Sit back down. We're only talking about beer in the abstract.
  • Beers are made by brewers and distributed by distributors. (Lots of good relations here.)
  • Creating the database
  • Writing scripts