quickstart.tt

<h2>Installing Dancer</h2>

<p>
Install Dancer via CPAN:
</p>

<pre class="shell">
$ sudo cpan Dancer
</pre>

<h2>Creating an application</h2>

<p>Since version 0.9904, an helper is shipped with the distribution
and lets you create an application with a single command:

<pre class="shell">
$ dancer -a mywebapp
+ [D] mywebapp 
+ [F] mywebapp/config.yml
+ [D] mywebapp/views
+ [D] mywebapp/views/layouts
+ [F] mywebapp/views/layouts/main.tt
+ [F] mywebapp/views/index.tt
+ [D] mywebapp/environments
+ [F] mywebapp/environments/production.yml
+ [F] mywebapp/environments/development.yml
+ [F] mywebapp/mywebapp.pm
+ [F] mywebapp/mywebapp.pl
+ [F] mywebapp/app.psgi
</pre>

<p>Everything is ready and works out of the box. It's already a working "Hello
World" application waiting for being hacked.</p>

<h2>Hacking into the routes</h2>

<pre class="prettyprint">
# myapp.pm
use Dancer;

get '/' => sub {
    'Hello world!'
};

# add other routes here and there...

dance;
</pre>

<h2>Running the dance</h2>

<pre class="shell">
$ cd mywebapp
$ ./mywebapp.pl
>> Listening on 127.0.0.1:3000
== Entering the dance floor ...
</pre>