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Bash on Balls: an MVC web framework for Bash, powered by netcat

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Re: Bash on Balls: an MVC web framework for Bash, powered by netcat

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post #28

Just looked over the source. This package is unkempt and extremely hairy in some places. I'd advise using Occam's razor over the whole thing, or at least running trim and tidy on the main parts.

That is almost always a valid criticism. We certainly agree and plan to do so. =)

Re: Bash on Balls: an MVC web framework for Bash, powered by netcat

#37

I prefer http://www.coboloncogs.org/

Don't forget DOS on Dope:

http://dod.codeplex.com/

This one is a real MVC framework with scaffolding, written almost exclusively in batch scripts (IIRC they had to cheat a bit for the server code). All user code is also batch files.

The site contains a few gems, like:

In DoD we embrace the NoSQL movement and jump straight to the data-store of the future: a CSV file.

or

Does it scale?

So far I haven't run into any performance problems. Whenever I've opened up a DoD website to several users, my hard drive tends to get wiped long before I discover performance issues.

Re: Bash on Balls: an MVC web framework for Bash, powered by netcat

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post #28

Just looked over the source. This package is unkempt and extremely hairy in some places. I'd advise using Occam's razor over the whole thing, or at least running trim and tidy on the main parts.

A swing and a miss.

I thought it was good.
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