[Wish list]Creating routes automatically from templates

[yuki-kimoto]

Approach like PHP is very easy.
routes and controller is no need.
when template is created, routes is created automatically from template path.

TEMPLATES                ROUTES
 /foo.html.ep                 /foo
 /foo/bar.html.ep          /foo/bar 
 /foo/bar/baz.html.ep   /foo/bar/baz 

How about Mojolicious::Plugin::AutoRoute idea in core.
http://search.cpan.org/~kimoto/Mojolicious-Plugin-AutoRoute-0.01/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/AutoRoute.pm

[kraih]

Why should this be in core when it can be a plugin on CPAN? What's the gain?

[MadMartigan]

Interesting. I suppose the gain would be ease of use for new users (especially from the PHP world) which might in turn enhance the initial experience. However, I've not heard anyone else ask for this even though it's a neat idea. Seems to me that a plugin is sufficient unless confusion over dynamically generated routes becomes a hot topic or a much requested feature.

[kraih]

-1 from me. Maybe in the future if the plugin becomes popular, but for now i don't see much value in adding it to core instead of leaving it on CPAN.

[yuki-kimoto]

I provided one idea because Mojolicious was seekking for simple usage until now.
I think that If user create Mojolicious application by only templates(and application class), PHP user use Mojolicious more easily.

[tempire]

I'd be more apt to consider this feature if it was requested often, but this is the first I've heard of it.

Seems better to leave it in an optional plugin since it's not a common request.

[marcusramberg]

I'm a bit worried about unintended side effects from enabling this by default. Some templates aren't meant to be dispatched to, and could cause security issues. It seems like a nice enough feature if you enable it explicitly tho. I also think it belongs as a CPAN module for now.
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