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.IX Title "Plack::Loader::Shotgun 3pm"
.TH Plack::Loader::Shotgun 3pm 2024-01-20 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Plack::Loader::Shotgun \- forking implementation of plackup
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.Vb 1
\&  plackup \-L Shotgun
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Shotgun loader delays the compilation and execution of your
application until the runtime. When a new request comes in, this forks
a new child, compiles your code and runs the application.
.PP
This should be an ultimate alternative solution when reloading with
Plack::Middleware::Refresh doesn't work, or plackup's default \f(CW\*(C`\-r\*(C'\fR
filesystem watcher causes problems. I can imagine this is useful for
applications which expects their application is only evaluated once
(like in-file templates) or on operating systems with broken fork
implementation, etc.
.PP
This is much like good old CGI's fork and run but you don't need a web
server, and there's a benefit of preloading modules that are not
likely to change. For instance if you develop a web application using
Moose and DBIx::Class,
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  plackup \-MMoose \-MDBIx::Class \-L Shotgun yourapp.psgi
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would preload those modules and only re-evaluates your code in every
request.
.SH AUTHOR
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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa with an inspiration from <http://github.com/rtomayko/shotgun>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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plackup