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MojoMojo is a Perl open-sourced web application that combines the features of a wiki, content management system and blog. MojoMojo builds on top of the Catalyst web framework and uses DBIx::Class as the ORM. It is an example of an MVC application. One of MojoMojo's distinguishing features is that it uses tree hierarchies to store pages, a corresponding hierarchical data model to store page content, and a nested set model for fast page retrieval.

History

The project was started by Marcus Ramberg and David Naugton in 2005 and has at the moment 44 contributors^[1], 47 watchers on GitHub^[2] and 15 code forks. The initial release of MojoMojo occurred on August 29, 2007^[3], after which it was mentioned at the French open source conference Mediterranean Day of Free Software, 2007.^[4] In early January 2009, the lead author, Marcus Ramberg, gave a presentation of MojoMojo to the Oslo Perl Mongers.^[5] At YAPC::North America 2009, MojoMojo was presented to an audience of 38^[6]. MojoMojo was the only 3rd-party Catalyst application to have its own section in the July 2009 book The Definitive Guide to Catalyst.^[7]

Architecture

MojoMojo has a modular architecture and makes extensive use of CPAN modules; as such, it was listed as #2 among projects with heavy CPAN dependency chains^[8]. Currently, MojoMojo is the largest standalone project on CPAN in terms of dependencies^[9], being preceded only by meta-modules (modules that simply aggregate other modules for convenience and do not offer specific functionality).

Key Features

MojoMojo has a combination of features which make it unique among wiki software:^{[citation needed]}

• hierarchical page structure, coupled with free-form page tagging
• live Ajax preview while editing pages
• Multiple wiki syntax choices (Markdown, Textile, POD) and pluggable syntax
• extensive permissions system

Hierarchical page structure

One of MojoMojo's distinguishing features is that it uses a tree hierarchy to store pages. By contrast, most other wikis use a flat page structure, which necessitates disambiguation pages. The difference can be visualized in the table below:

Other features

Below are more of MojoMojo's features^[10][11]:

• Built-in full text search, with external search option
• RSS feeds
• Support for attachments, with photo gallery for image attachments
• Diffs, revision control and edit conflict resolution via 3-way merge
• User registration control and CAPTCHA anti-spam measures
• Localization (currently translated into Catalan, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian) and full Unicode support

References

1. ^ MojoMojo contributors
2. ^ GitHub - MojoMojo watchers
3. ^ MojoMojo Changes on CPAN
4. ^ Aperghis-Tramoni, Sébastien (2007). "Perl, langage d'aujourd'hui et de demain" (in French). Journée Méditerranéenne du Logiciel Libre 2007. pp. 21. http://maddingue.free.fr/conferences/jm2l-2007/perl-now-and-then/. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
5. ^ Ramberg, Marcus (2009-01). "Introduction MojoMojo". Oslo Perl Mongers. http://www.slideshare.net/marcusramberg/mojomojo-talk-presentation. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
6. ^ Dascalescu, Dan (2009-06-23). "MojoMojo - the Elegant Wiki, Catalyst-powered". YAPC 10 - Pittsburgh, PA. http://yapc10.org/yn2009/talk/2002. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
7. ^ Diment, Kieren; Trout, Matt S (2009). "Catalyst Cookbook". The Definitive Guide to Catalyst. Apress. pp. 278–281. ISBN 978-1430223658. http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Catalyst-Maintainable-Applications/dp/1430223650/. 
8. ^ use.perl.org - Announcing the "CPANTS Heavy 100" index
9. ^ CPAN Top 100 - Heavy 100
10. ^ Wikimatrix.org - MojoMojo features page
11. ^ MojoMojo on the c2.com wiki

External links

• MojoMojo Home Page
• MojoMojo on CPAN
• MojoMojo on github
• Replacing Mediawiki with MojoMojo for a private installation