Programming PERL in the .NET Environment

Component Development

As we developed our PerlNET applications in previous chapters, we put all the functionality in a single file. Such applications are referred to as monolithic. The technique of monolithic development is useful when we have to perform simple and focused tasks. We aim at writing short, effective, and readable code as much as possible. Obviously, when the requirements from our software grow, writing monolithic applications results in numerous lines of code, which leads to inefficient and unreadable programs. Besides, if our application resides on a network (probably inside some intranet) and it serves a large number of users, then we may reach an unpleasant situation of service denial. Thus, our goal is to develop scalable, ...