Working to Start Using DBIx::Class in Koha
I’ve been doing some work recently to see if Koha could benefit from using an ORM tool like DBIx:Class. This would help abstract away the database interactions for developers. I’ve produced an example implementation of how we could do this and sent it to the Koha-devel list a few times in hopes of gauging how likely it is that Koha could move in this direction soon.
Since I didn’t receive much criticism and actually got some good advice and some offers of assistance, I’m hoping that I can keep working on this project until it gets accepted into Koha. To that end, I’ve started a wiki page where I can describe how I expect to eventually get to use DBIx::Class in Koha and how I envision us getting there. If you’re interested in helping me figure out a good way to go about this, or if you’re just interested in reading a bit about one possible future feature in Koha, take a look at that page and feel free to edit it
I’m hoping that this project makes it easier to contribute to Koha. That means that I may not have the best implementation in mind right now. I want to hear from you on how we can make it better. Thanks!
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